wkS Hi 



■H 





H^^HHBB 









■ 



*»*•***'- 



■F 



^HB 






HB 
WW 






The STRENUOUS LIFE SPIRITUAL 

and 
The SUBMISSIVE LIFE 



u 




PROF. A. VAN DER NAILLEN 

Author, Scientist and Educator 

Chevalier of the Order of Leopold of Belgium. 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

AND 

The Submissive Life 

By 
A. VAN DER NAILLEN 



Chevalier of the Order of Leopold of Belgium 

Member of the California Academy of Sciences 

Charter Member of V fnstttut General Psychologique 

of Parts ; France 



Author of "On the Heights of Himalay," "In the Santuary," 
"Balthazar the Mugus," 



4 



R. F. Fenno & Company 

18 EAST I7th STREET :: NEW YORK 



£T\^ 



*%, 



Copyright 1912, By 
R F. FENNO & COMPANY 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 






©CI.A314325 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 

I The Strenuous Life Material 9 

II The Universe, Its Laws, Its Destiny, and the 

Role Man Is Assigned To Play In It 24 

III Our Duty Toward All Existence 38 

IV Our Higher Self — Discipline of the Lower Self 46 
V Environment — Its Influence 55 

VI His Honor the Judge 61 

VII Is Marriage a Failure? Is Divorce a Crime 



ERRATA 

THE STRENUOUS LIFE SPIRITUAL 

PAGE 31. Line 14 should read: Labored to evolve the Divine in 

their own lives and in the lives of all with whom, etc.— See page 236, line 
25 of "Balthazar the Magus." 

Page 38. Line 15 should read: "that is" instead of u this is." 
PAGE 92. End word of line 15 should read: transcendental in- 
stead of transcontinental as printed. 

THE SUBMISSIVE LIFE 

Page 54. End word of line 10 should read: rocks and not roofs. 
Page 92. End word of line 4 should read : workings and not 
war kings. 

Page hi. Line 7 should read: All-Good and not All-God. 



**%, 



■ r- 



G\<\<\ 






Copyright 1912, By 
R F. FENNO & COMPANY 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 

I The Strenuous Life Material 9 

II The Universe, Its Laws, Its Destiny, and the 

Role Man Is Assigned To Play In It 24 

III Our Duty Toward All Existence 38 

IV Our Higher Self — Discipline of the Lower Self 46 
V Environment — Its Influence 55 

VI His Honor the Judge 61 

VII Is Marriage a Failure? Is Divorce a Crime 

or a Benediction ? 78 

VIII Habits of Thought— Cell Clusters 89 



The STRENUOUS LIFE SPIRITUAL 



THE STRENUOUS LIFE 
SPIRITUAL 



CHAPTER I 

THE STRENUOUS LIFE MATERIAL 

The twentieth century is destined to be a century 
of strenuous work and accomplishment. The centu- 
ries past have been centuries of preparation, of de- 
velopment, and of the formation of elements. The 
present century has for its special task to gather 
those elements, many seemingly heterogeneous, to as- 
sort them and to assign them to functions in the so- 
cial, civic and spiritual fabric, where they can work 
in harmony with their neighbor elements, and be of 
greatest service for the betterment of man's material 
welfare and spiritual development. 

Theodore Roosevelt, the first citizen of our land,* 



*This was first written when Mr. Roosevelt was President 
of the United States. Our work was interrupted by the great 
holocaust which turned San Francisco into a heap of ruins. 

9 



10 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

Las inaugurated this forward movement of earnest 
work. In his grand book, entitled "The Strenuous 
Life," he has detailed with a masterly hand, the 
duties of the citizen. No man could indicate in a more 
forcible way, or I should say in a more strenuous 
manner, the duties good citizenship demands and 
should obtain. The book is a compendium of good 
practical common sense throughout — of duties plain- 
ly but eloquently set forth — and so convincing are 
his arguments that no honest reader can peruse this 
book without feeling in his heart a warmth akin to 
that which the patriot feels when his country is in 
danger and calls upon him for help. In this case 
the warmth goes toward good citizenship, the very 
basis of patriotism. The reader easily realizes that 
pn the quality of citizenship depends absolutely the 
good or bad status of the country itself, its real worth 
through good government, or its degradation through 
corruption. 

Mr. Eoosevelt has placed this alternative before 
his readers in a masterly manner, with a zeal de- 
rived from a deep-rooted conviction, and an enthusi- 
asm which only the highest aim a noble soul and a 
deep love of country can inspire. !No other book 
need be read — no treatise on moral and mental phil- 
osophy be consulted — all is here a grand, complete, 
but yet simple and plain catechism of good and 
noble citizenship. 

This is then the first work the twentieth century 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 11 

must undertake, the grand task which confronts us, 
a supreme duty toward our country, an incessant 
striving toward the accomplishment of good citizen- 
ship. Mr. Roosevelt has laid the foundation and 
planned the structure in all its details. Let us, one 
and all, lend him a vigorous helping hand, and set 
to work with an unswerving strenuous will. May 
God be with us all in our task, bless our efforts and 
bless him, Theodore Roosevelt ! 

The second line of work now outstretching before 
the American citizen, yes of all lands — facing every 
man and woman — is the strenuous life spiritual. 
Innumerable materials have been gathered for cen- 
turies past, in all countries, for the accomplishment 
of this strenuous spiritual life. Many of these ma- 
terials, however, are desperately heterogeneous, their 
classification difficult, and to assign them to a place 
where they may prove of greatest service will re- 
quire faithful and unremitting efforts. 

This "strenuous spiritual life" the twentieth cen- 
tury must inaugurate in all earnestness, and as we 
have determined upon citizen Roosevelt's suggestion, 
to make strenuous efforts to become good citizens 
in the life material by truthfully fulfilling all our 
civil obligations and moral duties toward the coun- 
try and toward one another so must we make strenu- 
ous efforts to attain to high citizenship in the life 
spiritual. The two lives or worlds are, however, so 
closely interwoven, that good citizenship in the one. 



12 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

especially in the higher one, leads directly to good 
citizenship in the other, or in the one below. 

Mr. Roosevelt writes: "I wish to preach not the 
doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the stren- 
uous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and 
strife; to preach that highest form of success which 
comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, 
but to the man who does not shrink from danger, 
from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of 
these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. 

"A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which 
springs merely from lack, either of desire or of 
power to strive after great things, is as little worthy 
of a nation as of an individual." 

If the above emphatic statement is true of the life 
material, how much more is it true of the life spirit- 
ual, the life of paramount importance. 

The spiritual life of slothful ease is met with 
everywhere ; it is all around us. The faithful church- 
goer attends regular services on Sunday, reads regu- 
lation prayers in a regulation prayer book, joins in 
hymns sung out of a regulation hymn book, listens 
kindly to a sermon confined within the regulation 
limits of each particular creed, goes home, and his 
spiritual endeavors have terminated for the week. 
The spiritual life of this goodly church member is a 
life of spiritual peace, undoubtedly; but it is also a 
life of slothful spiritual ease, lacking both in desire 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 13 

and in the power to strive after greater spiritual 
achievement. 

The soul of this good man sleeps in a slothful 
dolce far niente, while his material life, very likely, 
continues its strenuous efforts to gather unto him- 
self riches and means of which he is in no need. 
This goodly churchman, although his lips may, on 
Sunday, pronounce His name in a feeble, automatic 
invocation, "is as little worthy" of God as he is of 
himself spiritually speaking. This man may, how- 
ever, be an exemplary good citizen in the material 
life. 

Kext comes the class of unbelievers. Their awak- 
ening intellects, forced by continual practical ob- 
servations in every-day life, have caused them to 
grow above the stereotyped exactions of the common 
creeds, and to discard their cold dogmas which no 
longer command either their respect or sympathy. 
These unbelievers often enclose themselves in the 
strait- jacket of stern moral ethics, which they en- 
deavor to find sufficient to guide their daily actions ; 
and indeed, they very often constitute a class of ex- 
cellent men, performing faithfully the duties of 
wordly citizenship. Their lives are, however, cold, 
without sunshine, deprived of high ideals, and con- 
sequently they lack either the desire or the power 
to lift themselves above the common atmosphere 
of the earth; hence, they remain intensely material. 
They are spiritually dead. 



14 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

The higher intellectual classes come next in the 
evolutionary series. It is useless to try to conceal 
the fact that these classes are laboring under the 
pang of an invincible spiritual disappointment. For 
them the past with its illusory beliefs is fleeting fast 
into oblivion. Our new acquisitions in the moral, in- 
tellectual, philosophical and scientific fields, have 
made havoc of the creeds which for many centuries 
have given satisfaction, hence peace of soul, to our 
ancestors. 

The mind of the modern intellectual man, ever 
active, has become relentless in its search after the 
"whence, why and whither" of existence, the grand- 
est problem now agitating humanity. Naturally 
enough, psychological science has been applied to 
for help, in solving this momentous riddle, and this 
science has now certainly become the absorbing sub- 
ject of contemporaneous thought. 

Our increasing sensibility; our ever-developing 
faculty to sense, to perceive, to apprehend through 
the intellect, or through some higher attribute, is 
growing every day more complex, as M. Baie,* a 



*At the time I was writing this essay, over a half dozen 
years ago, a copy of a Belgian evening paper, "Le Soir," came 
to my notice. I perused therein the literary review of a book 
the title of which I forgot. Soon I became interested in the 
reading, as it described in a masterly manner, the psycho- 
logical conditions obtaining then, and yet to-day, in the world 
of advanced thought. I took several notes of the ideas put 
forth therein, but these notes have been lost during the change 
and confusion which accompanied the earthquake and fire 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 15 

Belgian literary critic so truthfully and eloquently 
relates, and is rendered more acute by the vast knowl- 
edge we possess in the multiple branches of human 
attainments. These latter constitute reservoirs into 
the depths of which the mind may delve at will, as 
it endeavors to discover a rational basis for the ideals 
it never ceases to create. 

Psychological research and analysis are prone to 
give rise to vistas of infinite possibilities, to fore- 
bodings, and deep-seated presentiments which ex- 
tend this faculty to sense into the invisible, into the 
mysterious worlds. The very depths of long past 
civilizations are questioned in zealous efforts to ex- 
tort from them the secret of their undeniable great- 
ness, and of the mysterious powers wielded by their 
sacerdotal hierarchies. 

We would fain possess titanic arms, and in a gi- 
gantic embrace rescue humanity from the materialis- 
tic quagmire in which the majority of men wallow, 
and place it at once upon the pedestal of happiness 
and enlightenment. 

We vibrate ever, like the cells of a prodigious 
brain, the custodian of many centuries of culture, of 
suffering, of stupendous dreams. Never sated in 
our limitless outreachings, we feel a thrill of happi- 



which destroyed the city of San Francisco. I am thus con- 
fined to crediting M. Baie with a fine comprehension and 
thorough analysis of the dangers and also of the beauties af- 
forded by psychological science. 



16 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

ness in our perpetual soarings after the unattaina- 
ble; unafraid and hopeful, the mind delves into the 
abyss of the unfathomable; we delight in the dizzi- 
ness of our endeavor to grasp the great unknowable, 
and still hope against hope while contemplating with 
an eagle mind the vastness of the realm over which 
these elusive fairies of the intellect reign supreme. 

These desperate efforts, however praiseworthy 
they may be, conceal a danger, the danger of ex- 
hausting the resources of an energy however immeas- 
urable it may appear, and of a sensibility which may 
become morbid through very acuteness. 

Moreover, these violent desires to know, dispro- 
portioned to the means of satisfying them, impress 
upon the soul certain scars, deformation perhaps, 
which render the mind incapable of any action, or 
continued effort at action, thereby paralyzing any 
attempt at the realization of its giant dreams, those 
poems endowed with a supreme energy, but which a 
positive personal character and a strenuous deter- 
mination alone can chisel or mould into shape or use- 
fulness. 

In this particular disposition of mind the will, in- 
stead of forming into homogeneous groups ideas be- 
gotten by logical deductions, often accomodates it- 
self with themes picked up at random, furnished 
merely by circumstances or passing suggestions. 
The will, then, may lose itself in capricious crea- 
tions of its own, in thoughts replete with vague no- 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 17 

tions, in memories of fleeting forms, which lead in 
the end to vertigo, the vertigo, it is true, of a grand 
and sublime reverie. 

"Fiery steeds of thought," says Selestor in "The 
Scribe of a Soul," by Clara Iza Price, "have brought 
man to that realm where stoppeth all investigation; 
yet the mind is supple in its leaps as a hungry tiger, 
and stoppeth not at barriers, but beateth against bars 
and breaketh the bonds down. 

"Such is the symbol of the great motive power in 
man, which goeth on and on and ceaseth never, but 
buildeth and rebuildeth, and thus souls are wrought." 
Yes, and thus souls are wrought. If the soul labor- 
ing under the vertigo of a grand and sublime reverie, 
has arrived at those dizzy heights by mere intellec- 
tuality, has had no other aim than to gain mental 
knowledge, no other motive power than the one fur- 
nished by the brain and the desire to learn the secrets 
of the psychic world — and perhaps through this 
knowledge enhance its own personality — then disap- 
pointment is sure to follow. In the inaptitude of con- 
ciliating the laws of the world with its ever-expand- 
ing inclinations, the weakness of the poor soul will 
only become too apparent. "Its hopes, however," 
continues M. Baie, "never lessen; they increase in 
proportion to the very hopelessness of the realiza- 
tion of its dreams." 

We can easily surmise the depth of a sentiment 
thus originated, and how much it is disposed to 



18 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

feel the crying insufficiency of our social laws and 
reforms. The early ushering into the intellectual 
life, the excitation of the brain, the abundance of 
refined ideas, and of ambiguous dreams, have, for a 
long time, filled the soul with immoderate desires, 
which unfortunately must fall at the threshold of 
the real. 

Unable to find happiness at the end, the poor 
dear soul gets unnerved through perpetual tension, 
fruitless in its results, and finally may settle down 
in a cold skepticism, deprived of all energy or in- 
clination to continue the struggle. This mental state 
is the most depressing as it is superinduced by a long 
series of disappointments. This soul, after many 
years of ardent study and intellectual effort, has 
landed, perhaps, on the shore of reality a pitiful 
spiritual wreck. It then styles psychology a sad and 
disappointing science and may bury itself finally in 
absolute incredulity, the lamentable result of long 
ill-controlled, misdirected hyper-sensibility. This is 
one of the sad results to which the study of psycholo- 
gical science may lead. 

The majority of those students who delve into the 
mysteries of that science are endowed with a nature 
more or less emotional, and their endeavors mainly 
center in trying to discover laws, or ways and means, 
by the aid of which they may attain certain psychic 
powers and thereby place their personality upon 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 19 

some high pedestal of more or less material useful- 
ness. 

Generally, however, and it is consoling that it is 
so, the sensibility of the investigator or student of 
psychical science gradually spiritualizes itself as it 
ascends the summits of abstraction. But there also 
lurks a danger, the soul may be absorbed and lost in 
those transcendental dreamings with which it identi- 
fies itself, for our new acquisitions, alluded to before, 
in the moral, intellectual, philosophical and scien- 
tific worlds, are reluctant to substitute a new creed 
for the one from which their revelations have just 
released us. Furthermore, science itself seems in- 
clined to abandon us at the threshold of unexplored 
avenues, fearing its powerlessness to accompany us 
in the investigations of new territories perceived by 
a sensitive and cultured consciousness, albeit these 
territories may hold forth the promise of discoveries 
of transcendent import, yea, of eternal verities 
vouchsafing infinite joys to those who dare to venture 
beyond their border line. 

The poor soul, thus abandoned, is left alone to 
trace its own pathway, to build its own credo, to 
work out its own evolution, guided solely by that 
same sensitive and cultured consciousness acquired 
by deep study and profound meditation. 

And now, when the soul has come to be fully con- 
scious that solely upon its own efforts it must depend 



20 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

for its salvation, that it alone must plan and build 
the path that may lead it, in its own judgment, to a 
transcendental knowledge and truth, to eternal life, 
then it must inaugurate in earnest the strenuous 
life spiritual. It must take hold of the practical 
spiritual life with a determined will. It should not 
abandon by any means its beautiful dreams, but 
descend to earth to realize these dreams here and 
now. It should be fully armed for the battle and 
equipped with coat of mail, helmet and sabre, ready 
to slash right and left, to clear the upward spiritual 
highway of all obstacles, to eradicate the brambles 
and briars which would assuredly render the road 
one of painful ascent. 

Theodore Roosevelt writes: — "The creed which 
each man in his heart believes to be essential to his 
own salvation is for him alone to determine; but 
we have a right to pass judgment upon his actions 
toward those about him." 

Mr. Roosevelt is right. The good or bad result 
of a man's belief is always determined by his actions 
in everyday life. 

In our Western civilization we cannot and we 
should not endeavor to lead the life of abstraction 
which characterizes the life of the spiritual leader in 
the Orient. We cannot proceed to the jungle, aban- 
don wife and children, live with the beasts, or stand 
on a column for months, in order to spiritualize 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 21 

ourselves or gain strength of will against evil. The 
disciple must stay in the midst of his fellow men, 
live with them, intermingle with them, be an exem- 
plary citizen, and thus by his daily actions prove 
the true value of his creed, which is a test as neces- 
sary to himself as it is to his fellow man. 

Mr. Eoosevelt again states: — "The cloistered vir- 
tue which timidily shrinks from all contact with the 
rough world of actual life, and the uneasy, self-con- 
scious vanity which misnames itself virtue, and 
which declines to co-operate with whatever does not 
adopt its own fantastic standard, are rather worse 
than valueless, because they tend to rob the forces 
of good of elements on which they ought to be able 
to count in the ceaseless contest with the forces of 
evil." 

No man in good health and vigor is justified in 
isolating himself for life from his fellow men, how- 
ever high his purpose for the attainment of spiritual 
efficiency may be. 

Our country is a country of solidarity and interde- 
pendence of its citizens. The enormous and glorious 
facilities for obtaining a general education, the com- 
parative ease with which every well-balanced citizen 
may obtain a livelihood for himself and family, are 
powerful instruments to obliterate class lines, to 
bring high and low within hearing — within calling 
distance. Our work, then, in the spiritual field must 



22 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

be a work performed among men and for others as 
well as for our individual selves.* 



^Reviewing this essay a last time before delivering it to the 
publisher — this being in the month of November, 1911 — I feel 
it impossible to dismiss Mr. Roosevelt without giving, in con- 
clusion, a short thought concerning him and his career. 

To Mr. Roosevelt is certainly due the inauguration of that 
era of political and social purification now sweeping in a 
mighty wave over the entire area of the United States. Of his 
achievements in that line, and of the immensely beneficent in- 
fluences he has sown with plentiful hands all over the land, 
emphasizing the necessity, in all justice and in all honor, of 
according a square deal to every man, woman and child in 
all their activities of life we will not speak. These achieve- 
ments, glorious as they are, are known and duly appreciated, 
not only in our land, but in all civilized countries of the whole 
world. This appreciation has been proven by royal recep- 
tions granted him by emperors, kings, and other ruling 
heads of the countries of the world, after the conclusion 
of his long term as President of this Republic. 

Since Mr. Roosevelt has resumed the duties of the plain, 
common citizen he is continuing his good work, the pen having 
replaced the rapier. The criticisms which had continually 
assailed him during his career as President have not been 
abandoned; but, on the contrary, have at times grown to 
greater vehemence. It has been steadily brought forward that 
Mr. Roosevelt, instead of descending anew in the seething 
arena of politics, ought to have retired to private life im- 
mediately after his triumphant return from Europe, where 
all possible consideration and honor had been bestowed upon 
him. "He should have rested upon his laurels," it was sug- 
gested on every side, and these laurels were pronounced 
abundant enough to have formed a comfortable couch for 
him to rest upon in peace, glory and contentment all the 
remaining days of his life! 

Not he, Theodore Roosevelt ! Honors, glory, peace, while 
duly appreciated by him, and while acknowledging, with his 
good natured broad smile, the little halo they threw around 
him, he will never submit to their caresses and go to sleep 
under their soothing influence. Duty ! Duty ! ! Duty ! ! ! is 
Theodore Roosevelt's watchword. Duty to his fellow men, 
duty to his country, duty to his God. Helping him to rescue 
the children of earth, his beloved children, from the thraldom 
under which they are now hopelessly groaning. 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 23 

The inner urgings of his soul, the mysterious energy con- 
stantly impressing his consciousness with the necessity of 
working for the rescue of his fellow men, are the impelling 
forces directing Mr. Roosevelt's life. Over these forces he has 
no control ; their urgings he must obey, toward the redemption 
of his fellow men on earth; he must labor devoutly, end- 
lessly, for he has been chosen and declared a faithful servant 
of the Lord. And what may his reward be? The same re- 
ward accorded to all faithful servants as indicated by the 
angel "Selestor" "The Submissive Life," forming the second 
part of this book. He said to the young prophet : "Crowns of 
Light, Crowns of Glory, Crowns of Suffering, and Crowns 
of Joy I see for thee." 



CHAPTEK II 

THE UNIVERSE, ITS LAWS, ITS DESTINY, AND THE ROLE 
MAN IS ASSIGNED TO PLAY IN IT 

To understand the role man is designed to play in 
the grand drama of creation it becomes indispensable 
that he should have a fair comprehension of the laws 
of the universe in which he lives and has his being. 
Thus only may he be enabled to conform to those 
laws, learn what is required of him and why, and 
thus work out understandingly the purpose of his 
existence; yea, his very destiny. 

To convey to the reader a preliminary insight to 
the mighty processes of divine involution and evolu- 
tion, these basic facts and eternal foundation of all 
that is and of all that will be forever, we will cite 
here as an illustration, easily apprehended, the in- 
structions imparted by a high priest of the Hima- 
layan brotherhood to one of his initiates*: — 

To make you readily and thoroughly understand 
this great mystery of involution and evolution, let us 
take, by way of illustration, a piece of ice, which we 
will call inert matter. Apply to it a higher tempera- 



*On the Heights of Himalay." Fenno & Co., New York. 

24 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 25 

ture and it becomes water. In this state the ice 
will have undergone a change and advanced a step 
in its evolutionary process ; will, in consequence, have 
higher qualities. It can be utilized as drink for 
man, beast and plant; for motive power, and is a 
solvent of matter, which the piece of ice could not be. 

"A step further in its evolution, and under a still 
higher temperature, the ice becomes steam. This 
steam has more potentialities than either ice or 
water; it is invisible, it has greater mobility than 
water ; is capable of expansion, has more properties, 
and is possessed of more of the attributes of force. 
One step higher and we have what, for a lack of a 
more suitable phrase, is called superheated steam. 
This, man has not, as yet, been able to control. It- 
is completely invisible. Its potentialities are im- 
mense, incomprehensible; so much so that some of 
our most terrific earthquakes are believed to be caused 
by the water of the ocean coming in contact with 
subterranean fires and producing superheated steam 
in large quantities, thereby uplifting the crust of 
the earth for hundreds of leagues. 

"Another stage in the evolution of that piece of 
ice and it becomes the ether of the scientist, filling 
all interplanetary space. This ether is identical with 
the Akasa of the occultist, contains the essential ele- 
ments of everything in existence, and is one of the 
organizing and life-giving forces of the universe. 

"Still another step, and this piece of ice becomes 



26 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

celestial essence, or an atmosphere in which creatures 
near to God have their being. A few steps more in 
the evolutionary process and it has become the es- 
sence of Parabraham or God himself. 

"In this grand laboratory of God, the brain of man 
is the first apparatus on earth which can convert 
matter into thought-force; and that power, everlast- 
ing in its effect, is a very potent factor in the evolu- 
tionary process of all things, either a baneful, thwart- 
ing force, or helpful and sublime, the very handmaid 
of the Heavenly Father in the fulfilment of His de- 
signs." 

The foregoing example of the block of ice becom- 
ing finally an integral part of the Cosmic Energy, of 
the Absolute himself, is an illustration given by the 
high priest of the evolutionary process in nature, or 
the attainment to supreme potential, through the ac- 
celeration of vibratory motion. Reversing the pro- 
cess, through involution, or decreasing the rapidity 
of vibratory motion and consequent lowering of the 
Supreme Potential, the God essence or Pure Spirit 
gradually descends into materiality, assumes succes- 
sive forms of matter, ending in the block of ice in 
which the God essence and pure Spirit are still im- 
manent. 

To obtain a more thorough understanding of these 
transcendental processes of involution and evolution, 
the real basic cause of all that is, the reader will per- 
mit us to refer to a masterly expose of the spiritual 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 27 

cosmogony of the universe as given by Balthazar the 
Magus to his disciples.* 

"The primal cause of all that is, the first principle 
of the universe and all that it contains, is the in- 
comprehensible, inscrutable, unmanifested, an un- 
solvable and eternal mystery — the ABSOLUTE! 
'Ko human mind, however high it may have mounted 
on the steps of the throne, can apprehend the idea of 
the Absolute. It is beyond the reach of intellect, 
intuition, clairvoyance itself. He, the Absolute, is 
the origin of all creation, of all life. He is Omnis- 
cience, Omnipotence, all that was, is, and shall be. 
He is, eternally, Himself and unchangeable. He is 
Life, Motion, Existence ! All that is is of Him and 
from Him ; yet, although always giving, He is never 
depleted, for He is forever receiving and throbbing 
from very fulness. The Absolute is the Principle, 
the core of all Force, the Origin of all Motion, the 
Primal Cause of all Manifestation, the center and 
sphere of supreme POTENTIAL. From this center, 
his great heart, pulsing and vibrating with life, flow 
into space emanations which form a second sphere 
encircling the first like a halo. This is the Aura of 
the ABSOLUTE and constitutes the zone of PUEE 
SPIRIT. This zone is impregnated with all the 
attributes and potentialities of the Absolute himself, 
for it is HIMSELF. 



*"Balthazar the Magus." Fenno & Co.. New York. 



28 TKe Strenuous Life Spiritual 

"From this sphere of pure spirit, as a first differen- 
tiation, emanate primarily the Spiritual Ions which 
are the initial units and principles of all soul-forma- 
tion ; secondly, the ions of force, and thirdly the ions 
of substance. Although differentiated, these three 
series of ions are one, constituting as an aggregate 
the source of all creative force of the universe. They 
represent the first phase of Voluntary Involution 
of the Absolute in his descent into matter. They are 
the general parent of all existences, the occult ulti- 
mates of the ions that are already recognized by 
modern science. The spiritual ions, the first radia- 
tions from the zone of pure spirit, are, as I have 
stated, the units and initial principles of soul-forma- 
tion; they are potentially supreme. Next in power 
come the Ions of force. They are the occult mes- 
sengers of the ABSOLUTE, the unquestioning 
executors of his never-varying laws. The Ions of 
substance are also ultimates, the ultimates of those 
ions that have replaced the atoms of science. They 
are infinitesimal, beyond the reach of any invented 
or ever imagined microscope, yet they are REAL 
SUBSTANCE— the first cosmic matter in its high- 
est condition of etherealization or sublimation. 
These three series of Ions are the first emanations 
from the sphere of pure spirit, which sphere is a 
zone of secondary emanations from the Absolute 
himself. Therefore these Ions are still HIMSELF. 

"The spiritual Ions, inseparably united in the past 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 29 

with the Ions of force and substance, must remain 
so united throughout the scons of future ages. 

"Through countless peregrinations in the accom- 
plishment of their multifarious destinies, the ions 
must, fatally, obey the dictates of the Absolute dur- 
ing his voluntary descent into matter — His Involu- 
tlon; and this involution is eternal. These Ions 
exist and perform their mission in perfect but pas- 
sive harmony until involution has attained the ex- 
treme limit of materialization, when matter has 
reached its lowest potential of vibration. Then, the 
Absolute has offered himself in divine holocaust to 
the countless existences presently to spring from his 
bosom. 

"Matter is now king ! Matter holds the Omnipo- 
tent a prisoner in its embrace. From supreme Unity, 
the Absolute has now diffused and disseminated him- 
self into the infinitude of the infinitesimal. His 
sacrifice of himself is now complete. In divine abne- 
gation he is totally absorbed into matter ; yet matter 
is still Himself. 

"With the total absorption of the Absolute in 
matter, with his renunciation of active will, comes 
chaos. Fiery elements combat in violent efforts to 
form planets; lurid flames shoot up for incalculable 
distances in mid-space ; terrific electric disturbances 
circle around them, they are the last throes of war- 
ring matter approaching its lowest potential. Gradu- 
ally these disturbances subside; the fiery elements 



30 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

confine themselves to zones or burning spots, and 
vaporous bands form around them. Gradually, slow- 
ly, during ages, their temperature lessens until finally 
the lowest potential of energy in matter is attained, 
followed by glacial epochs or apparent immobility 
and stagnation. 

"At this point Involution is complete; and as 
there can be no cessation in cosmic motion (the 
supreme law of the universe being continuous activ- 
ity), evolution has here its beginning. The Divine 
Essence henceforth gradually divests itself of matter, 
or rather, it spiritualizes matter, that it may return 
to the bosom of the Absolute from which it was a 
direct emanation. 

"The process of the evolution of animate and in- 
animate nature is conducted by the occult workings 
of the spiritual Ions, whose activity is the never- 
ceasing energy of the Absolute immanent in them. 
Accelerated vibration is produced, constituting a call 
to life and action. The spiritual Ions are no longer 
content to remain passive and buried in a shroud of 
matter. They begin to vibrate forcibly; they have 
a work to accomplish, they must free themselves from 
the domination of the Ions of substance, with which 
they are, however, indissolubly united. In the 
awakening to life they find allies in the ions of 
force also immanent of the Absolute, and acting by 
his influence. Together they wage war against the 
ions of substance, knowing instinctively that the 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 31 

victory will award them a high destiny. This vic- 
tory will also benefit matter by elevating and puri- 
fying it, for MATTER IS ALSO GOD. From 
this moment, evolution will proceed on its infinite 
journey, developing slowly and by infinite transfor- 
mations, creations of constantly ascending types. 
This process operates first in the mineral, then in the 
vegetable, last in the animal kingdom. Animate 
nature gradually tends toward perfection in the 
moral, intellectual and spiritual worlds; in over- 
coming matter and liberating the ABSOLUTE from 
its bonds, it gradually incorporates more and more 
of the divine. So, the evolutionary process will con- 
tinue until the sphere of pure spirit is again at- 
tained. There the great souls who have labored to 
lives of all with whom they are brought in contact — 
they, the higher products of spiritual evolution — 
shall dwell in everlasting bliss." 

In the Absolute the spiritual ions are of course 
endowed with their supreme potential, for they are 
the Absolute himself. The zone of pure spirit being 
the first differentiation of the Absolute, in His in- 
volution or descent into matter, the spiritual ions in 
this zone are the product of a less exalted potential, 
caused by a lessening of their vibratory force or 
velocity inherent in the zone of pure spirit. This 
lessening of the vibratory force gives rise to the 
first manifestation of the ions of force and of those 
of substance. 



32 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

A good illustration of this process is given in the 
first course of physics in the laboratories of our col- 
leges. The professor causes to be painted upon a 
large disk all the colors of the rainbow or prism. 
This disk is attached to a spindle which can be made 
to revolve at any ratio of the speed. When a very 
high velocity is induced in the disk all the colors 
of the prism disappear, lose their individuality and 
blend into a pure white, like the light of the sun, of 
which the prismatic colors are component parts. Re- 
duce the number of revolutions of the disk gradually 
and as gradually will the different colors reappear 
and resume their original and individual aspects. 

In a similar way do the spiritual ions differenti- 
ate themselves into spiritual ions of a lower poten- 
tial, into ions of force and into ions of substance. 

This statement that the ions of spirit lose some- 
thing of their potential as they are differentiated 
through involution is a most momentous occult truth 
which underlies and affects all creations ; and so it is 
likewise with the ions of force and the ions of sub- 
stance with which they are indissolubly united. 

In the same measure as the Absolute descends into 
His voluntary involution, his emanations are lowered 
in potential ; consequently, the vibratory force of the 
ions of spirit, of force, and of substance is lowered, 
for they are the emanations of Himself, they are 
still Himself. 
,L t When involution has nearly reached its lowest po- 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 33 

tential, for instance at the glacial epoch, the ions of 
spirit seem to remain dormant, the ions of force 
appear equally difficult to be aroused, and the ions 
of substance have consolidated into solid visible 
matter, as did the colors of the prism become indi- 
vidually visible when the revolutions of the disk 
upon which they were painted reached their lowest 
velocity. 

Another illustration may here be given, to aid in 
the comprehension of the differentiation of the Abso- 
lute into a lower potential, for this fundamental 
truth must be thoroughly understood by the disciple. 
Take our sun, for instance. The heat in his own 
body we consider to be supreme and all-consuming. 
This intense heat, however, grows gradually less as 
it travels farther from the parent body, and in 
measure as the vibrations of its rays decrease in 
velocity causing a lowering of temperature, it per- 
mits of an infinite series of creations to spring up, 
each absorbing a greater or lesser degree of heat ac- 
cording to the need of the particular constitution 
of each series or species, until at last this heat, in 
its lowest rate of vibration remains dormant, so to 
say, in a block of ice. 

We are aware that all these differentiated crea- 
tions are composed in part of the ions of substance, 
which, owing to their lowered potential, have be- 
come apparent or visible. These ions of substance, 
however, being eternally and indissolubly united to 



34 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

the ions of force and of spirit, and these latter ions 
having also had their own potential lowered con- 
jointly and in harmony with the ions of substance, 
now visible matter, they form creations in which 
the three series of ions work in harmony, under the 
guidance of the perpetual urging, due to the imma- 
nence of the Absolute in these ions, which are still 
Himself. 

We, human beings, are only an infinitesimal part 
of the universal creations, a very small note in the 
grand concert of things. All creations are, each and 
all of them, equally infinitesimal parts of the same 
universal creation, their aggregate forming the body 
of the Absolute himself.- 

"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, 
Whose body Nature is and God the Soul." 

Every individual cell in the hundreds of millions 
of cells composing the human body, although but a 
little microscopical thing, is an entity in itself, has 
its own particular work to perform in the body, is 
closely connected with the other cells, and all are 
guided by higher forces giving them strength and 
intelligent impulse to perform their task rightly 
and in harmony one w T ith another. 

Likewise, all creations must work in harmony one 
with another in order to perform, in accordance with 
the design of the Infinite Father, their allotted role 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 05 

in the cosmic body or outward manifestations of the 
Absolute. 

If, in the body of man one cell or a series of 
cells, acting upon misguided impulse, should isolate 
itself from the aggregate of cells, refusing to do the 
work allotted to it for the healthy maintenance of 
the body, these rebellious cells would no longer re- 
ceive strength from the health current of the body, 
consequently would become ill, or atrophied, and 
cause partial disorder in the entire body. And so it 
is likewise with the man cell, a wee little creation 
in the universality of being. If by misguided im- 
pulse man should give way to the exacting demands 
of the senses he would isolate himself from the 
higher life currents, become morally and physically 
unhealthy, live a life out of harmony with his fellow 
creations, be a discordant note in the cosmic body or 
outward manifestation of the Absolute, and such 
a man does not worthily fulfil his destiny. 

All the creations existing in the great cosmos are, 
from the infinitely small monera up to man himself, 
the result of, and made possible only, through the 
lowering of the vibratory potential of the three series 
of ions always united in harmony. 

If the potential of the sun's heat were not lowered, 
these creations could not exist. Let us imagine for 
a moment, for illustration's sake, that the full poten- 
tial of the sun's heat strikes the Earth. All visible 
life would instantly be consumed. A similar illus- 



36" The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

tration applied to the ions of spirit holds equally 
good, for if the Absolute in his highest potential 
were to descend upon the earth, all creations would 
disappear at once, being absorbed through instan- 
taneous and final spiritualization into the bosom of 
the Absolute. The Good Book truly says: "No 
man can behold the face of God and live." 

The occult truth is thus demonstrated that all ex- 
istences, from the apparently immovable rock to the 
plant, and onward to man himself, are each and all, 
individually and collectively, a group, a concretion, 
a congregation as it were, of ultimate ions of spirit, 
force and substance. These ions, in infinitely varied 
states of vibratory potential, through endless stages 
of differentiation, all work in harmony to perfect 
their own little special creation. The harmonious 
grouping of ions constituting the bodies of these 
individualized creations are brought together by 
natural selection, affinity, attraction and repulsion, 
superinduced by the polarity of each ion in its actual 
condition of differentiation or attenuation of vibra- 
tory potential.* 

The ions, consequently, composing all existences, 
mineral, vegetable or animal, have the same origin 
in the Absolute, of whom they must ever remain an 
integral part, although of immensely lower poten- 



*We take the liberty of referring the reader to the appendix 
in "Balthazar the Magus" for a scientific demonstration of the 
Vibratory force underlying all forms in creation. 



\ 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 37 

tial, just as truly as the rays of the sun here on 
earth are always a part of their parent, only of an 
immensely lower potential of heat. 

In the lower order of creation the ions of sub- 
stance are preponderant, the ions of force coming 
second, and the ions of spirit third; latent perhaps, 
but present, and all these ions still urged onward and 
upward through the Immanence of the Absolute. 

Man, then, in his most intimate constitution is in 
close relation, a relative in fact to all things in exist- 
ence. He belongs to the same family with the rocks, 
the plants, and all animals. 

The spiritual ions at present smothered in the 
beast, in the course of multiple transformations and 
existences must and will ultimately be incorporated 
in man and through the endless and, so far, mys- 
terious operations of the law of evolution, return to 
the Infinite Father, the Absolute, whence they 
sprung. 



CHAPTER III 

OUE DUTY TOWARD ALL EXISTENCE 

It becomes evident that our relations with all 
existences, close or distant, should result in a feeling 
of sympathy, ranging, perhaps, from a mere senti- 
ment of commiseration for the creations of the lower 
order to that of loving sympathy for beings approach- 
ing nearer to us. We must arrive at the realization that 
there is only one life; the Universal Life, and we 
are a little part of it like all other things and beings. 
And all such things and beings as well as ourselves 
have a role to perform in that universal life, how^J 
ever insignificant that role may appear to us, but 
still a role the faithful performance of which is 
necessary to the harmony of the ultimate fulfilment 
of the mysterious yet most momentous destiny of all 
this is 

This kinship with all creations man may not for- 
sake. Separateness is harmful mental isolation; it 
means cutting off the current of the universal life 
forces. This must act detrimentally on man's health, 
stultify soul growth, and arrest spiritual unfoldment. 

This universal kinship with all that is cannot be 
too strongly emphasized. It is a kinship of our 

38 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 39 

spiritual ions, principally with the spiritual ions 
embodied in all created things and beings, a kinship 
with the Almighty, the Absolute himself who dwells 
in all that is, for ALL THAT IS IS HIMSELF. 

YEA, A KINSHIP WITH THE INFINITE 
FATHER! 

We may verily exclaim, yes, every one of us: — 
The Infinite Father and I are One. 

We must, however, enlarge the analogy by render- 
ing it universal. We should sing out in joyful 
tones: "The Infinite Father and I and all created 
things and being are one; we are all molecules in the 
universal life" 

THIS IS INDEED THE SUPREME OCCULT 
TRUTH UNDERLYING ALL THE MANIFES- 
TATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE. 

Ramacharaka, the famous Indian Yogi, states: 
"The universal life is an emanation of the Abso^ 
lute. The emanation from the Absolute is in the 
form of a grand manifestation of one universal 
life, in which the various apparent separate forms 
of life are but centers of energy or consciousness, 
the separation being more apparent than real, there 
being a bond of unity and connection underlying 
all the apparently separate forms. The highest 
and the lowest are part of the same one life. Each 
of you has the same life blood flowing through 
your veins; you are connected with every other 



40 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

form of life, high or low, with invisible bonds, and 
none is separate from another." 

Man is correlated with all ; that is, just as one sin- 
gle cell in the human body is correlated with all other 
cells in the same body; and all must work in har- 
mony as the only means to keep the body in a healthy 
condition, thus permitting it to work out his allotted 
mission or ultimate destiny. 

It behooves, then, each one of us ; yea, it becomes 
a paramount duty, to help all other cells in the uni- 
versal life to assume a healthy condition, be they 
represented by plants, animals, or man. Are we not 
infinitesimal cells ourselves in the gigantic cosmos, 
in the univercolum, WHICH IS THE BODY OF 
THE INFINITE HIMSELF? What great con- 
solation it is, indeed, to be able to say verily r~"*?n 
alleviating the pain of this animal, assuaging its 
suffering by a few caresses; in helping my brother 
man in his hour of need, consoling him in his sor- 
rows, straightening this broken flower and support- 
ing its suffering limb; yea, to be able to say within 
our very soul. In doing this good work, of helping 
others, I am not helping myself alone but am work- 
ing the vineyard of my Lord God; I am helping 
the Infinite Father in His great and glorious scheme 
of creation by caring for the welfare of those things 
and beings which He created to be His instruments 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 41 

in the carrying out of His divine and mysterious 
plan — the evolution of His universe!" 

Our Brethren in Slavery 

The city of , in a Latin-European country, 

much civilized indeed, is surrounded by a large num- 
ber of coal mines and consequently is a manufactur- 
ing center. In a village near by I noticed a dozen 
women standing in a row near a series of coal cars 
which were being unloaded. These women had on 
their backs, solidly strapped over their shoulders, a 
large wooden hod or basket. They turned their backs 
to the cars, and, from the top of the pile of coal, 
workmen dumped large shovelfuls into the baskets, 
which came down with a thud. The women stiffened 
their shoulders to counteract the shock, which, how- 
ever, caused their bodies to quiver every time a 
shovelful reached the basket. Then the poor things 
straightened up again to receive another shovelful, 
until their hod was filled, when they trotted off to 
discharge their burden at the indicated place. This 
was the daily task of these women, and for which 
they were paid a paltry pittance. 

When I saw these poor creatures thus enslaved, 
and when I realized that in them the same spiritual 
ions were dwelling as in myself, of course, a feeling 
of immense pity took hold of me. I deplored pro- 
foundly the terrible industrial system compelling this 



3:2 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

slavery, entirely for the benefit of the mine owner 
and manufacturer. 

Never before did I so thoroughly understand that 
the comfort of the higher classes has its main root in 
the underpaid toil and sweat of the downtrodden 
children of God. 

Duty of the Disciple 

The disciple on the Path should always be a staunch 
defender of the inborn rights of his co-pilgrims or 
fellows in the universal life. These poor suffering 
brethren or sisters are prevented from fulfilling their 
destiny in this world, from even obtaining a glimpse 
of their higher, their true nature, through the brutal- 
izing labor to which they are condemneehfrqm their 
childhood. These unfortunates are compelled, by 
necessity, to labor as soon as their little arms can 
carry a tool or a basket. Their schooling is of no 
consequence to the mine owner, for as long as these 
people can be kept in ignorance of their inborn rights, 
just so long will they remain obedient slaves. 

These lines are not written for the ordinary in- 
dustrial or commercial man, learned or unlearned, 
for he considers his personal interest paramount over 
the rights of others. No, these lines are written for 
the man of industry who has commenced his evolu- 
tion seriously, and has ventured on the Path. 

It will be readily understood that the illustration 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 43 

given of these poor coal carriers is only one in a thou- 
sand. 

Industrial slavery exists to some extent every- 
where in manufacturing centers. 

Hence, in all walks of life; in whatever position 
our activities may have placed us, whether in high 
or low estates, let us remember that there is only one 
life— the UNIVERSAL LIFE ; and that we, our- 
selves, with all other creations, are a part of it, and 
that if we have an inborn and inalienable right to 
existence and to a minimum of suffering during that 
existence, so likewise have all other creations the 
same rights. Our own rights we must demand, and 
insist that they be granted, and in all necessity and 
justice we must respect and grant the same rights 
to all other existences, whatever they may be. 

To revert to these unfortunate women, the coal 
carriers, we would suggest a moment's meditation. 
Suppose we should have a few daughters of our own, 
and say to them: "Dear children go now forth into 
the world to make your own way in life ; the world 
is wide, it belongs to you all. You possess the gifts 
and rights awarded to all human beings, the instincts 
of self-preservation, the average intellect of your 
race, a conscience enabling you to discriminate be- 
tween right and wrong, telling you what you may do 
and may not do. You possess also an inbred con- 
sciousness of the existence of some Higher Power 
always urging us upward, and ever protecting us 



44 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

when we live in accordance with those urgings. Now 
go forth into the world among your fellow men, your 
brethren, your co-pilgrims on this mysterious road of 
life, and among them and with them work out your 
destiny, for you are free to choose your own path. 

Suppose after many years you discover these 
daughters standing in a row near the coal cars, with 
great hods on their backs into which large shovelfuls 
of coal are being thrown, causing their poor bodies 
to quiver at each shovelful their hods received ? 

Tour heart would break at this discovery, would 
it not ? Suppose these women instead of being your 
daughters should prove only distant blood relations, 
you would surely feel sad, and w^Jd exercise every 
endeavor to better their condition an& rescue them 
from their lot, so full of bitter hardships, would you 
not? 

Now these poor coal carrier women found stand- 
ing near the coal cars in the vicinity of the city of 

and quivering at every shovelful dumped into 

their hods are children of the almighty God. The 
divinity is inherent in them as well as in ourselves. 

The most distressing feature of their hard lot, 
however, is that the poverty in which they are kept 
has forced them to forego the advantages of even a 
scant education. This keeps them almost to the level 
of animals, of beasts of burden, having no time or 
inclination to give a single thought to their higher 
nature; yea, even totally ignorant of its existence, 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 45 

as well as of the privileges, rights, and possibilities 
to which every human being is entitled. 

So, then, if we would fain rescue these poor women 
if they were our daughters, or any blood relatives, 
from their arduous task, does it not become a supreme 
duty for every one of us to go to the rescue of these 
women and similar slaves of industrialism and com- 
mercialism, now that we know them to be a part of 
us, a part of the almighty God — constituting with 
ourselves equally important parts of His general 
creations; yea, atoms in the universal life! And, 
likewise, with ourselves, they have an important role 
to perform in the great drama of creation, a role 
these poor victims are unable to fill through the 
selfishness of the social conditions which have made 
slaves of them, and which have atrophied in them 
the feeling of their human possibilities by compelling 
them to play the role of a discordant note in the 
sublime symphony of the universe. 

O thou disciple, we enjoin thee to be faithful to 
thy duty, to encourage and lend a helping hand to 
the many endeavors of noble souls trying to create 
social conditions intended to gradually set free the 
soul of the white slave, our brother. O disciple, 
heed thou this ! 



CHAPTEE IV 

OUR HIGHER SELF DISCIPLINE OF THE LOWER SELF 

And now comes the great theme of Our Higher 
Self. What is the higher self? The name alone 
suggests that it is not a thing separate from our 
bodily self, but something higher, nobler, purer than 
our ordinary terrestrial self, gxw everyday bartering, 
bargaining, speculating, planning, scheming, ambi- 
tious, money-loving, worldly self. It is a self that 
is not outside of us but within us, hidden in the 
deepest, most secret, and perhaps holiest recesses of 
our being. It is an inner burning light, a spark of 
the zone of pure spirit of a potential considerably 
higher than the average potential of the spiritual ions 
composing our individuality. Is our higher self an 
agglomeration of the combined auras of our own 
spiritual cells, localized, perhaps, in the mysterious 
solar plexus, or in some of the inner recesses of our 
brain, where it inhabits its own sanctuary? And is 
this sanctuary more or less in affinity with the grand 
reservoir of cosmic spiritual energy from which it 
may draw forth strength when need or prayer de- 
mands ? Is the higher self our soul ? What is our 
soul? Higher self or soul is certainly not a thing 

46 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual '47 

away from us, for it is always with us, ever present. 

We feel its beneficent influence at the least call. Its 

S urge toward higher things is unceasing. In sorrow 

j we feel its soothing caresses; in despondency its up- 

I lifting encouragement; in danger we suddenly ap- 

i prehend its warning. In important transactions, 

likely to have a serious bearing upon our moral life or 

material welfare a decided inhibition of the brain 

force sets in, a stopping of all thought, as it were, 

and again we understand and heed the warning. 

A single electrical cell or element possesses only a 
feeble current ; but taking, for instance, fifty of these 
cells and connecting them into a battery, this battery 
will possess a great potential, and through its in- 
strumentality we will be able to perform important 
work. And so it is with the spiritual ions in the 
cells composing man's body or brain ; their combined 
auras may, and do, form the spiritual potential or 
our higher self, or, perhaps, constitute what is called 
soul by the scholastics. This higher self or soul is 
certainly a spark of the divine ocean of life. It is 
in constant communion w 7 ith the reservoir of all 
spiritual energy and may gradually partake of its 
bounteous treasure, in measure as our growing spirit- 
ual life encounters higher radiations, thus ever near- 
ing the resplendent zone of pure spirit. 

It is this accumulated power given forth by the 
spiritual ions or cells which constitute the higher and 
holy potential used by our higher self or soul. It is 



48 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

that which protects us, warns us, urges us ever up- 
ward — showers upon us life's benedictions. 

"The real self is the ego," says Ramacharaka, "and 
is independent of the body which it inhabits. 

"The real self is the soul. 

"The self is a drop from the divine ocean. 

"Do not think of your soul as a thing apart from 
yourself, for YOU are the soul, and the body is the 
unreal, which is changing every day, and which some 
day you will discard." ^ 

Ramacharaka thinks that our real self or higher 
self, or soul, constitutes our true individual. He 
says: "Webster defines the word 'individual' as 
follows : 'Not divided or not to be divided, existing 
as one distinct being or object, single ; one ; the word 
arises from the Latin word "individuus," meaning 
indivisible, not divisible.' " 

The Yogi makes a marked distinction between our 
individuality and our personality, for he states fur- 
ther on: "Webster tells us also that the word 'per- 
son' originated from the Latin word 'persona,' mean- 
ing a mask used by actors. The same authority in- 
forms us that the archaic meaning of the word was 
'a character or part, as in a play,' the higher self 
using the lower self as a theatrical personage to 
convey its meaning or to work out its activities in 
life. But when the actor is bad or undeveloped, what 
can the poor individual or higher self perform? 
'The poor actor may think sometimes he is the real 






The Strenuous Life Spiritual 49 

playwright, the genius itself, and what a poor mess 
he may make of the drama of life, of the real part 
that should be played through him/ Back of the 
mask is the Great Individual 'the indivisible/ the 
'universal life,' and through his mask, his actor, he 
comes in contact with the various creations of the 
universal life, in which you are a center of conscious- 
ness and activity. Your consciousness so enlarges as 
you unfold, that you will feel in the end your iden- 
tity to be the identity of the Universe." 

How may we make our higher self more powerful, 
endow it with a greater potential? 

The higher self and the lower self in us are very 
intimately interblended, inseparable. The one con- 
stantly endeavors to obtain control of the other. In 
their mutual and never ceasing efforts consists the 
battle of life. 

Our lower self has all the power of our senses ar- 
rayed on its side, and they are ever aggressive. Our 
higher self has the influence of the spiritual ions to 
aid it in the battle. The one is the attraction of the 
animal in us, the other is the suggestion of the 
angel. 

These two contending forces are ever present, 
watching one another closely, each one endeavoring 
to get the upper hand over his adversary and keep 
him down. 

The lower self, controlled by the senses, gets its 



50 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

ammunition from the earth, the higher self obtains 
its strength from the skies. 

Which one of these two warriors in us will win the 
battle ? This is a most momentous problem for us to 
solve, and the solution lies all together with our own 
individual selves. 

Now which one of these two contending forces in 
us do we desire to win, to come out victorious ? Are 
we going to array ourselves with the terrestrial or 
lower self, or dcPwe intend to take sides with our 
higher self? 

Taking sides with our lower self will be a com- 
paratively easy task. Let physical senses control 
our lives; give right of way to all our animal pro- 
pensities; satisfy in fullest measure our desires for 
earthly honors ; barter to our cravings for power over 
our fellow men ; bend our best energies to the acqui- 
sition of wealth to gratify our multiple appetites, 
and, as a result of these unceasing and strenuous 
efforts, we may find ourselves at the apogee of worldly 
honors, with the power of untold wealth behind us, 
flattered by all, bowed to by the multitude ; in fine, 
we may, as a final result of the complete victory of 
our lower self, have blossomed into a terrestrial ani- i 
mal of the highest type, having attained to earth's 
loftiest pinnacle, that of enjoying a supreme happi- 
ness similar to the happiness of the ox standing knee 
deep in clover, his desires satiated to the utmost, and 
finally lying down in his luxuriant pasture, eyes half 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 51 

closed in ecstatic satisfaction, chewing his cud with 
most supreme contentment and happiness! 

Oh, the beast ! 

But then, man of the lower self, what next ? 

On the other hand, the man who has battled vali- 
antly for the supremacy of his higher self and who 
has conquered, will enjoy privileges of a nature 
utterly incomprehensible to the animal man. He 
will become conscious of the universality as well as 
of the oneness of all life, and he will realize that he 
is an integral part of it. As a result of this higher 
consciousness he will nurture large sympathies for 
all things created, and a heart full of love for his 
own species — his fellow men. He will be tolerant, 
charitable, and forgiving toward all shortcomings, 
except toward his own. Nature will appear beauti- 
ful to him in all her aspects, and he will discern the 
wisdom of her varied manifestations. He will find 
poetry in the flowers, the mountains and the breeze. 
All sunsets will be glowing to him, the stars re- 
splendent; he will ask of them their secrets. The 
ripples of the brook will murmur mysterious sym- 
phonies to him, and the wind, playing in the leaves 
of the forest trees, will touch his heart with sweet 
whisperings. The solemn chant of the ocean will up- 
lift his soul to the mighty powers that be, and he 
will give adoration to the omnipotent author of all 
the marvels of creation. 

He will suffer with the poor, console the widow. 



ith 



52 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

laugh with the children. His heart will be a rese 
voir of sunshine, and from his whole being will radi 
ate an atmosphere of love and contentment, whose 
vivifying and beneficent influence will be felt by all 
those who are privileged to come in contact with hi: 

His life will be like a song, a hymn, full of un- 
ending satisfaction, for he feels himself in touch wit 
the Infinite. The whispers of the spheres will be 
understood by-him, and he will be aware of the pro- 
tection from those above, which he will feel to hover j 
over him at all times. The voice of the Father will I 
speak to him in his heart, the supreme blessedness 
of the holy ones will be with him ever, for he will be 
like unto a child of God. 

Discipline of the Lower Self 

f And now what will be required of our disciple so 
that he may attain to that state of blessedness here 
on earth. What weapons will he call to his aid in 
order to conquer his bitterest antagonist — his lower 
self? And still this lower self is not his bitter 
enemy; it is to be compared solely to a truant boy 
entirely undisciplined, who uses the exuberance of 
his vitality to play mischievous pranks, who gives 
full sway to his youthful impulses, gratifies all his 
appetites without the least thought for the conse- i 
quences which are bound to follow. In fine, the 
lower self is a truant boy who detests going to school, 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 53 

shuns his teacher, speaks even disparagingly of him, 
and ridicules his teachings at every opportunity. 

Now what this truant boy or lower self most needs 
is a good lesson in discipline, administered by a 
losing but strong hand, sympathetic advice, encour- 
aging words, all holding forth the promise of gloriou3 
reward when full obedience shall be cordially granted. 

The lower self, then, brought to reason and under- 
standing, will cease to be the higher self's opponent; 
will, instead, become his ally, his handmate in the 
working out of his high destiny. The youthful 
spirits of the truant boy will give vigor and enthu- 
siasm to the higher self. From this time on, truant 
no longer, he will become a docile pupil of the higher 
self, will gradually appreciate the beauties of the 
doctrines held forth by his teacher, and finally love 
him and give him willing obedience. 

Henceforth teacher and pupil will work together 
hand in hand, heart to heart, soul to soul, for the 
joint spiritual evolution of their combined selves; 
separate no longer, yea, constituting forthwith but 
one self — the higher self, the spiritual self, the su- 
preme self. 

Now the lower or terrestrial self has entered into 
full consciousness of his other self, his higher, nobler, 
his Godly self, and slowly, gradually, becomes im- 
merged, absorbed in it. It now enters into its final 
spiritualization and may enjoy, in full force of soul, 



54 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

the glorious attributes and powers of the illuminati 
or holy ones. 

The first lesson to be learned by the lower self is 
the universality of life. That there is in reality but 
one life and that we are a part of it. That we are re- 
lated to all other creations which, with ourselves, 
constitute the one life. Consequently, it becomes im- 
perative that we should nourish in our hearts a feel- 
ing of kinship-^vith all the multifarious creations in 
existence — Wishing them well, in fact according 
them, whomsoever or whatsoever they may be, the 
warm sympathies of our heart. 

In our daily relations with our fellow man, be he 
high or low, we must come to realize that within him 
exist the very same spiritual ions that dwell within 
ourselves; that, in time, those ions now existing in 
separate bodies and dominated by different wills, 
must needs one day be united in the embrace of the 
most tender love and friendship, and form, for their 
mutual protection, an offensive and defensive alli- 
ance; in fact, must all be in closest affinity before 
they may be permitted to approach the divine sphere 
of pure spirit. 



CHAPTER V 

ENVIRONMENT ITS INFLUENCE 

Environment has a decided influence upon the 
soul, either for good or for evil. If that companion- 
ship which everyday life forces upon us is congenial ; 
if the aims, thoughts and ideals of our forced com- 
panions are in harmony with our own ideals, with 
those we make constant efforts to attain, then the 
upward march is a journey of joy — is one of unin- 
terrupted progress. Hand in hand, heart to heart, 
soul to soul, the pilgrims lives are a happy and exul- 
tant ascendant and the bliss of heaven is upon them. 

Unfortunately, however, these harmonious condi- 
tions are seldom met. In the world as it now exist3 
psychological science is not yet understood by ordi- 
nary intelligent people. They think it is a visionary 
science without foundation; in fact, full of danger 
to the mind, giving rise to vagaries and to more or 
less insane notions ; that it upsets the simplest duties 
of life and has a tendency to weaken the family 
ties. With such ideas in mind it is not at all strange 
that as soon as a member of a family manifests inter- 
est in psychological research it too often causes the 
other members to look upon him with misgivings, 

55 



56 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

apprehensive of a weakening and later of a tearing 
asunder of the sacred family ties, of the creation 
of inharmony between parents and children, between 
man and wife. 

It is most unfortunate that this prejudice should 
really exist. It makes the upward road of the one 
thus isolated one of painful ascent — a very Calvary. 
Strenuous and never relaxing efforts are in such 
cases indispensable to the pilgrim to keep him from 
agitation, from worry, from resentment at times ; for 
a calm, peaceful mind is ever necessary to spiritual 
growth. Often, very often indeed, when a woman 
has been touched by the wing of the infinite, her soul 
set to vibrate by suggestions from above, her husband 
does not sympathize with her new belief. Soon, upon 
hearing her express new and elevated thoughts, a 
little out of the ordinary for him perhaps, he looks 
upon her with misgivings, and when he gradually 
perceives that his wife becomes more and more inter- 
ested in her new investigations these misgivings are 
converted into a real opposition, and perhaps into a 
disdainful and pronounced antagonism. The situa- 
tion thus made is certainly very painful to a sensi- 
tive woman, and there lurks the danger that through 
the incessant vexations which he heaps upon her, the 
love she bears to her husband may be turned into 
contempt and into an equally strong antagonism. 
The affectionate family relation is then obliterated, 
the upward progress of the soul stifled through con- 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 57 

stant agitation and worry. Just here at this turning 
point is where the strenuous spiritual life must com- 
mence to assert itself by inaugurating in the devotee 
a relentless discipline against self; yea, a life of 
sacrifice of self. 

A case in point comes to mind. A married lady, 
the wife of a prominent business man, had for several 
years been investigating psychological science. Her 
investigations had been induced, as is generally the 
case, by hearing wonderful discourses by trance 
speakers of high spiritual development. She had 
paid only a passing attention to these stories of won- 
derful revelations by mediums until one day she 
lost her favorite child, a boy fourteen years old, the 
sweetest lad imaginable, and giving promise of noble 
mind and heart, of developing into a most worthy 
specimen of manhood. Then, heartbroken, the poor 
mother assisted at a few public seances, later at 
private sittings and further on at circles in private 
families of respectability; all of which, both false 
and true, had persuaded her that somewhere beyond 
this earth are spheres where new life exists, new 
activities take place, and into which, after our earthly 
death we will be ushered, there to work out new 
destinies through seons of ages. This lady was a 
very sweet woman with a sensibility highly de- 
veloped, and her studies of psychological forces be- 
came more and more attractive to her. 

Her husband w T as much absorbed in his business, 



53 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

but a good provider. Their entire fortune came from 
the wife, but he was withal a nice kind of a husband 
as the world nowadays would judge. His wife, in the 
beginning, confided to him her new investigations and 
the wonderful things she had witnessed. The good 
husband listened to it all, without much interest, it is 
true, but quite politely and with resignation. Things 
ran on smoothly for a long time until one evening, 
at the club frequented by the husband, the subject of 
Spiritualism and Theosophy became the theme of 
conversation. Various opinions, pro and con, were 
exchanged, until a doctor of repute, in an authorita- 
tive manner, emitted the opinion that all these in- 
vestigations invariably sooner or later lead to in- 
sanity; that any person who seriously interests him- 
self in occult pursuits, gives, thereby, incontestable 
proof of a feeble mind, of incipient insanity. The 
husband of our sweet lady, much agitated by this 
statement, managed before leaving the club to see 
the doctor alone for a few minutes, during which he 
asked him whether he meant, in earnest, what he had 
stated concerning the sanity of the people investi- 
gating those unseen forces. The doctor's answer 
came in an emphatic "Yes." 

The distressed husband then confided to him that 
his wife was very much interested in occult research. 
"Keep her away from it by all means ; she will surely 
get crazy," he responded in a positive tone of voice. 
From that moment the manners of the good husband 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 59 

changed gradually toward his sweet wife. When, in 
the overflow of soul, she related to him some new ex- 
periences, some new inspirations which had grown 
higher and loftier all the time, he opposed her by 
saying that all this was nonsense ; that he was afraid 
she had become the prey of tricksters. Later on, he 
asserted that she had put her common sense entirely 
aside, that she had become a visionary through ex- 
cessive brain excitement, that her mind created the 
w r onderful things she related. Later on, again, he 
suggested that she had better quit all these non- 
sensical pursuits or that she would surely lose her 
mind; that a prominent doctor had very seriously 
told him so; that she should remain faithful to the 
religion of her youth without trying any further to 
delve into the mysteries of the hereafter, which should 
be as sufficient to her as it had been to her parents 
and to her ancestors, who had all been reputed good, 
honest and devoted men and women. 

From that time the life of the dear lady became 
almost unbearable, at times desperate. The sym- 
pathy and affection which her heart so ardently 
craved were denied to her on all sides. What should 
she do? What could she do? Her husband, whom 
she still dearly loved, manifested a constant antagon- 
ism toward her; sometimes real harshness. Her two 
boys, in business with their father, partook of the 
feelings of the latter, and the mother could read, in 
their eyes, the misgivings which filled their hearts. 



60 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

She felt she would die if she had to continue the sad 
life made for her by her husband and children. She 
asked again — what could she do? What should 
she do? 

The idea of a divorce from the man she still loved 
caused her to shudder. A legal separation? This 
could be secured easily enough, for the fortune of 
the family was hers personally. 

Or, as a last resort, to end all her miseries at once, 
take a dose of chloroform ? To all these suggestions 
she opposed a firm no. She became ill, and so 
seriously that she was advised to go to a certain 
summer resort in the mountains. She went. The 
bracing air, the delicious spring water, brimful of 
earth's radio-activity or electroide, as Mr. Rhyn- 
koski would name it, which could be seen condensed 
in white vapor on the water in cool early mornings, 
helped her much toward recuperating her health. 



CHAPTER VI 



HIS HONOR THE JUDGE 



Our invalid lady made a few acquaintances at the 
springs. She visited one family living next door 
to her own cottage, composed of an elderly gentle- 
man, his daughter and her two children, who were 
really cultured and enjoyable people. The head of 
this family was a distinguished gentleman, well 
known in the State, and the author of several success- 
ful books treating of science and religion, trying to 
harmonize both. He was a retired Justice of the 
Supreme Court and had been on the bench of many 
Superior Courts for nearly thirty years. 

His honor the Judge had remarkably fine features, 
a kind eye, a sweet mouth, large forehead, all en- 
circled with beautiful white hair and beard. Age 
about seventy, figure tall and erect when walking ; in 
reality a venerable and lovable personality. 

Our lady, whom we will name Mrs. Peterson, and 
his honor were acquainted but a short time before 
each sensed the soul of the other, discovered that 
both had many feelings in common, the same aspira- 
tions. Later, they found that their ideals ran on 
parallel lines, and, additionally, through a little un- 

61 



62 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

guarded word here ; an ill-suppressed sigh there, and 
perhaps a futile tear in the lady's eye furtively 
brushed away, that a secret sorrow lay burrowed in 
the heart of each ; yea, that suffering was not or had 
not been unknown to them. 

In truth they were both orphaned souls. The 
Judge was very unhappily mated. His wife, al- 
though a scion of the bluest American blood, a direct 
descendant of one of the noted Puritan families, was 
after all a commonplace woman, intellectually speak- 
ing; certainly she dressed well, possessed fine man- 
ners, was kind-hearted toward her acquaintances, 
especially toward those who flattered her. Her de- 
votion to her children and grandchildren was un- 
limited. Toward her good and noble husband, how- 
ever, she manifested a constant antagonism. This, 
became apparent to Mrs. Peterson during a short 
visit to the Judge's wife, made at the resort. She 
showed herself most affectionate to her daughter and 
ber children, but was most indifferent toward her 
husband; even sometimes discourteous. His honor, 
however, seemed not to take cognizance of her im- 
polite behavior or capricious moods. He was ever 
polite to her, attentive to her wishes, and often sent 
flowers to her room. 

Mrs. Peterson was at her wit's end to understand 
the Judge's behavior toward his wife. She cold, 
discourteous, often a little aggressive ; he calm, peace- 
ful, unmindful of her heartless behavior, often put- 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 63 

ting himself to some inconvenience to perform a kind 
act that he realized would please her, but at the same 
time aware that she would never acknowledge the 
good intent ; still he appeared happy in doing these 
kind acts, bestowing these little favors. 

The Judge's wife returned to the city. Mrs. Peter- 
son and the Judge met again. Their acquaintance 
continued pleasantly, growing more intimate, both 
being anxious to open their hearts to each other. The 
opportunity came, as it always comes to two con- 
genial souls desiring to confide their mutual feelings, 
be they of hope, of happiness, or of suffering. 
, The Judge asked Mrs. Peterson how she liked his 
wife. Her hesitation to answer caused him to smile. 

"Well," volunteered the Judge, "I read your 
thought. No, my dear wife does not entertain much 
sympathy for me. She simply detests my literary 
work. You have read the books I have published. 
They treat of the higher life, of the philosophy of 
universal religion ; they endeavor to study in a scien- 
tific spirit the hitherto unknown forces of the uni- 
verse. My good wife thinks this is all moonshine, 
as she calls it, merely a loss of time which could be 
profitably bestowed upon more serious matters be- 
longing to this present world." 

The good old gentleman went on pointing out the 
reasons for his wife's antagonism to him. He ex- 
plained, with some signs of emotion, how her be- 
havior toward him had nearly broken his heart at 



64 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

first, how much he had suffered. However, he was 
happy to be able to state that now his suffering had 
ceased, that his soul was at peace. He had arrived at 
that state of mind, through a course of discipline 
more or less strenuous, which at last leads to a spirit- 
ual life, affording contentment and peace. 

The Judge perceived tears filling Mrs. Peterson's 
eyes. The kind-hearted gentleman took both hands 
of the lady, covering them with his big broad palms, 
and still moved by his own recital, asked in a sym- 
pathetic voice why those tears ? 

Poor Mrs. Peterson then opened her heart to him. 
She told her own story in full, terminating it by 
stating that the Judge's own books, which she had 
perused several times, had been greatly instrumental 
in causing her to follow the path of the higher spirit- 
ual life. "And now, dear Judge," she added, "I 
would earnestly ask of you, after having gone your- 
self through all the agonies I am at present under- 
going, how and by what means have you succeeded 
in attaining that peace of soul you seem to possess, 
and the indication of which is impressed upon all 
your features ?" 

"Here are the means, my child," answered the 
venerable Judge, with a slight accent of solemnity in 
his voice, "that have helped me to overcome the suf- 
fering of my poor heart. They are efficacious, they 
are within every one's reach. Avail yourself of them 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 65 

as I did, they will help you as they helped me, I 
am certain." 

The good Judge, then, in an impressive manner 
related the following rules of moral discipline to his 
very attentive and profoundly interested listener : 

"To make myself w T ell understood and to make 
plain the rules which helped me to peace of soul I 
must go back a few years, perhaps revert to the 
period when my heart was lacerated by my wife's 
behavior toward me, full of sarcasm and continued 
discourtesy. At one time I was almost desperate. 
I grew ill. The doctors advised a trip to the Ha- 
waiian islands. I embarked. The trip restored my 
health tolerably well. The ocean breezes and the 
quietness of the voyage calmed my ruffled spirits to 
the extent that I was able to canvass with consider- 
able calmness my actual mental condition. 

"Often did I question myself whether the cause 
of this harmony did not rest within me alone. What 
could well be the matter with myself? My wife I 
was bound to confess was a very tender-hearted 
woman, sacrificing herself to her children but most 
especially to her grandchildren. She was surely a 
good woman, but why that antagonism toward me ? 

"In all honesty I was obliged to confess that my 
constant efforts were directed to keep harmony in 
the family, that I forgot myself at every opportunity 
to oblige my wife, but to no avail. It became only 
too plain to me that I had no place in her thoughts, 



66 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

and of course nearly all the demonstrations of af- 
fection vouchsafed by the children were given to 
my wife alone. 

"Still I may assure you that my heart craved for a 
little affection. The older we get the more our poor 
hearts desire some slight return for the many years 
of loving care and the sacrifices, joyfully made, for 
the bringing up and educating our beloved ones so 
dear to us. 

"Well," continued the good old gentleman, over- 
coming the emotions betrayed by his voice, "on the 
steamer I tried to think out a course of practical 
philosophy, the rules of which when faithfully fol- 
lowed I sincerely believed would bring some peace 
to my anguished and often distracted mind. 

"After a thorough and honest diagnosis of our] 
domestic relations I was forced to acknowledge, most 
reluctantly, however, that my wife's conduct toward 
me was neither just nor right, indeed was really' 
cruel at times, while constantly humiliating. 

"I decided to look at the matter in a cool-headed, 
common-sense way and try to judge things as they 
actually were. 

"My wife has no sympathy for me I said to my- 
self ; that is evident. She does not recognize any 
merit in me, shows not even the least consideration 
for my position in life, even speaks disparagingly of 
me to my friends and neighbors. What shall I do? 
.Get a divorce ? A seperation ? or stand on my rights 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 67 

as head of the family and compel her to obey me 
and henceforth live as dogs and cats? No, I could 
never have assumed that role, my heart would have 
revolted at such proceedings. 

"I felt, however, that in all necessity I should 
soon arrive at a situation capable of affording me 
peace of mind in some degree. Without such peace 
all spiritual progress would be impossible, my soul 
would be at a standstill through deprivation of all 
spiritual aspirations and effort. Rather than live 
such a life I should want to die. 

"After much thought and perhaps a few tears 
here and there I arrived at what I thought a prac- 
tical philosophical conclusion by arguing in the fol- 
lowing manner : If I demand and I expect to obtain 
from my wife that which it is impossible for her 
to grant, because her nature does not possess it, then 
I am wrong in asking for what she cannot give. Con- 
tinuing my reasoning in a way of illustration I said 
to myself: If I expect that a common sour apple 
will give me the flavor of a pineapple, and the com- 
mon sour apple does not give me the flavor of the 
pineapple expected from it, then, no blame can attach 
to the sour apple; all the blame must rest with me 
for having expected from this sour apple a quality 
it does not possess, hence could not grant. In all 
justice, moreover, I should acknowledge that the 
common sour apple is endowed with certain good 
qualities esteemed by some persons and in apprecia- 



68 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

tion of these I should respect the sour apple, al- 
though its acrid acidity may be highly repulsive to 
me, for it has a right to existence and to the at- 
tributes and characteristics inherent in that ex- 
istence. 

"I gave much thought to this practical theme, and 
the justice of it grew steadily in my mind. Gradu- 
ally a certain degree of tranquillity took possession 
of me. Life became more bearable in measure as I 
applied the rule more faithfully toward my wife. 
I grew more tolerant, took less note of her eccen- 
tricities, had increased patience, and avoided strenu- 
ously giving utterance to any word she might con- 
strue as antagonistic to her, as she was wont to do." 

Dear Mrs. Peterson's black eyes shone with a ray 
of hope as the narration of the Judge's story pro- 
ceeded. She realized profoundly the struggles to 
which he had been subjected, and admired the vic- 
tory he had won over them. 

"Well, your honor," she exclaimed, "I appreciate 
your philosophy and your courage. I understand 
fully the strenuous efforts you have been obliged to 
make to arrive at the point you have now attained, 
giving you considerable peace and a large degree of 
contentment. However, you could not have reached 
this condition, which I would characterize as one of 
indifference, without being obliged to close your 
heart and stifle your finest feelings toward your 
wife, whom you say you still love !" 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 69 

"Yes, I do love her still, notwithstanding her oft- 
expressed ill-feelings toward me, for I can never 
forget that she is the mother of my children and, 
as such, I owe her and will give her at all times 
sympathy, respect, and protection. 

"Often," continued the good Judge with a deep 
sigh, "when she really hurts me in my tenderest feel- 
ings and I feel like revolting against her uncalled- 
for tyranny, I always succeed, sometimes after 
quite an effort it is true, in stifling any aggressive 
demonstration by recalling to my mind, as vividly 
as I can, the days of our youth, when we began our 
career in life together. We were not rich and we 
had many obstacles to overcome. In those days of 
worry, she was really my consoling angel. Her piano 
had changed to a washboard. The hours she could 
wrench from the care of the children and the house- 
hold duties she bestowed upon embroidery and many 
kinds of fancy work. These she took personally to 
the stores and I will never forget the gleam of cheer- 
fulness on her face, when she opened her little hand 
before me, exhibiting the coins her industry had 
earned. 

"This and similar remembrances slt9l always a 
sure antidote to any aggressive or outward expression 
of hurt feelings her heartless manner sometimes re- 
suscitates in me. And I should very seriously coun- 
sel any one in my or your position to use the same 



70 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

method — The remembrance of the kind deeds of the 
past." 

"I like this better/' answered Mrs. Peterson, "than 
the sour-apple theory. In regard to my own case I 
think I still have some love for my husband, regard- 
less of his heartless and inconsiderate conduct to- 
ward me. I could never call the poor boy a sour 
apple or a persimmon, though that he surely is, and 
he often hurts me in my most sacred feelings. May 
the Almighty protect me and protect you, dear 
friend, and give us courage and divine forbearance." 

"Amen!" added the Judge. 

Then he seemed to enter into meditation for a 
moment, after which he continued his narration to 
Mrs. Peterson. 

"Your reflection concerning the sour apple is a 
just one. 

'After I had adopted that sour-apple theory and 
had adapted it to my every-day life, certainly a fair 
degree of contentment came to me, but sometimes 
I surmised it was mostly due to indifference. I was 
not really happy, although I often thought I was. 
Something within me whispered to my inner ear 
that the rule of life I had adopted was a selfish one, 
deprecatory, humiliating to my wife, and, realizing 
this to be true, I felt unhappy at times. 

"An occult saying sets forth that when the disci- 
ple is ready the teacher appears, and true it proved in 
my case. By mere chance, as it were, a book came 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 71 

into my hand, explaining in a most intelligent and 
simple way, the philosophy of the universal life. 
It was a treatise on the philosophy and faiths of the 
Yogis in India. They believe in a universal life of 
all things in existence. That we all belong to one 
life; are, each one of us, a part of it and each one 
occupying a stage, endowed with greater or lesser 
perfections according to the degree of evolution we 
have attained. If a frog is a frog ambient condi- 
tions in the cosmos have made him a frog and these 
same conditions could have brought into existence 
nothing else but a frog. And the frog has his use- 
fulness in the plan of creation or he would not be. 
And thus it is with all other creations in the uni- 
verse, high or low; all are the result of circum- 
stances, of environment, either material in the lower 
creations or moral in the higher. Hence their ex- 
istence is legitimate and, whatever that existence 
chances to be, it has a right to work out the special 
idiosyncrasies appertaining to it; they are inherent 
in its nature and as such must be considered. 

"I gradually grew to realize that we are all a 
part of that universal life, each one carrying his or 
its own characteristics and special attributes to 
which he or it is perfectly entitled. Of course," 
said the Judge, smiling, "a sour apple is still a sour 
apple, but it has a perfect right to be a sour apple, 
and it is not our privilege to blame it for being sour. 



72 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

We have the right, however, not to like its taste and 
to discard it." 

Mrs. Peterson returned the knowing smile of the 
Judge. 

"But again, concerning my wife," continued his 
honor. "I tried, and I think I succeeded, in my ef- 
forts to apply this philosophy to my behavior to- 
ward her. I had become convinced that she, as well as 
ourselves, all occupy our own legitimate place in the 
evolution of man. She resides on a plane far above 
many people. I am aware also that she is below 
many others, and so, equally, am I. Her birth in- 
heritance, her environment, have fatally determined 
for her the place she actually occupies in our world. 
That place with all its special attributes and idio- 
syncracies is hers in her full right, and no man or 
woman has the right to blame her for occupying 
such place, as she could not possibly occupy any 
other. Besides all this she is blessed with many 
excellent and meritorious qualities, as before stated. 
Hence this my decision concerning her: I must re- 
spect her; I must respect that which she is. In my 
daily relations with her, I would be unjust to expect 
of her a conduct or behavior out of harmony with 
her characteristics, with the condition of evolution 
she actually occupies." 

"Such philosophy is really grand," admiringly 
ejaculated Mrs. Peterson, "and its lofty principles 
I hope to readily apply toward my husband. It is, 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 73 

moreover, a safe and beautiful philosophy for all 
men and women to apply through life under all cir- 
cumstances in our daily social relations with our 
neighbors and acquaintances. No ill-feeling can pos- 
sibly spring up between men or women who practice 
this generous and eminently just rule of life. It 
begets the utmost tolerance, a broad sympathy toward 
our inferiors and even intelligent and forgiving 
charity toward those who try to hurt or slander us." 
"This reminds me," continued the good Judge, "of 
a little incident which happened a few weeks ago in 
this very place. An attorney of the Supreme Court, 
a splendid soul and a great heart, was told by one of 
his colleagues of a villainous slander that was being 
spread broadcast in regard to his administration of 
an estate, accusing him of robbing orphans, etc. The 
attorney, my friend, whom I knew to be entirely in- 
nocent of the charges, and who had even gone so far 
as to protect the interest of these orphans against 
their hungry relations by making financial sacri- 
fices, answered with much calmness and dignity. 
'These slanders do not affect me, my friend. Slan- 
ders are like the messages of wireless telegraphy. 
There is the transmitter and the coherer or receiver. 
If the receiver is in harmony of vibration or in syn- 
tonism, as they call it, with the transmitter the mes- 
sage is received and recorded. If the receiver is not 
in harmony of vibration with the transmitter, the 
message will simply pass by neither received nor 



74 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

noticed by the receiving instrument. And likewise 
it is with slander/ continued my friend, 'it con- 
cerns only the transmitter, the originator, of the 
slander and the receiver who is in affinity of vibra- 
tion with it. It does not concern me in the least. If, 
however, I should unfortunately take notice of the 
slander, the message would pass through me and 
the murky and maleficent atmosphere it conveys 
would overtake me. I might in consequence lose 
in moral worth and purity of mind, through angry 
mood perhaps, and desire for retaliation.' " 

"I admire the generous philosophy of your 
friend," Mrs. Peterson could not refrain from con- 
fessing. "It is, I think, an excellent theme for us 
all to meditate upon, and, above all, to put into prac- 
tice." 

Borne More Confidences. 

A few days went by. The Judge and Mrs. Peter- 
son had grown to be quite good friends. Each real- 
ized that both had much in common, in high ideals 
as well as in suffering, and that both were making 
strenuous efforts toward a true spiritual life. 

Meanwhile, Mrs. Peterson received a visit from 
her husband. He found his wife's health much im- 
proved, and she was also in a much pleasanter mood 
than he used to see her at home. 

He was introduced to the Judge, whom he found 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 75 

a very pleasant old gentleman indeed, as he ex- 
pressed himself to his wife. 

During the two days of the husband's visit, he and 
the Judge became quite friendly. A few moments 
before his departure Mr. Peterson took the Judge 
apart and spoke very confidentially to him, saying 
in substance: " Judge, I wish to speak confidentially 
to you for a few moments, as I desire to ask a favor 
of you, though I must confess that our short ac- 
quaintance seems hardly to justify my making the 
request. Your well known kindness, however, en- 
courages me to take this liberty. You are a gentle- 
man of mature age and gifted with rare common 
sense, as I have been able to appreciate during my 
short stay here. You may render me an immense 
service; yes, a service upon which may depend the 
permanent happiness of both my wife and myself." 

"I shall be very happy, indeed," responded the 
Judge, but not without a little misgiving about what 
was to come, "to do anything in my power to render 
you service whenever and wherever I may. Speak, 
Mr. Peterson." 

Mr. Peterson unburdened himself. He told the 
Judge about his wife's vagaries and belief in Spirit- 
ualism, her strange notions concerning life and her 
attendance at trance-speakers' lectures; he spoke of 
the uncanny books she read on Occultism, Christian 
Science, Buddhism, Theosophy, etc. He desired the 
Judge to speak to his wife and advise her to become 



76 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

an every-day common-sense woman ; to leave the next 
world alone; that it would be time enough to busy 
with it when she would be there; to cling to this 
world with all her might, so as not to lose her mind 
in the pursuit of senseless vagaries and "moonshine" 
things. Then, he whispered most confidentially in 
his ear that an eminent doctor had told him that if 
sfye did not quit meddling with all those spiritual 
follies she would surely become insane. 

The poor husband was sincere enough and thor- 
oughly believed in the truth of what he said. 

The dear old Judge did not know what to answer. 
He saw very well that it would be of no earthly use 
to try to convince the husband that his wife was 
highly justified in her belief and that she was not 
in the least danger of insanity. But he promised 
that he would try to give the best advice possible to 
Mrs. Peterson. The good husband departed in peace 
of mind, recommending to his wife, in a last kiss, to 
keep in close touch with the old Judge and to take 
counsel with him. The good soul promised, with a 
most lovely smile, that she would try as much as lay 
in her power to follow the advice of the venerable 
magistrate. 

That same afternoon, when the Judge and our 
lady were seated under some beautiful redwood trees 
in a secluded little nook of the park Mrs. Peterson 
asked his honor what he thought of her husband. 

"I have a good opinion of him," he answered. 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 77 

"He appears to me to be a good fellow, a thorough 
business man, as the world goes, entirely absorbed 
in material affairs, a respectable citizen I should 
say, but not possessing either in body or soul the 
least flickering spark of spiritual light, nor has he 
any desire for it. On those grounds you will never 
agree; your lives will never run in parallel. So, 
dear Mrs. Peterson, you may as well make up your 
mind to live, henceforth, by that little philosophical 
rule we discussed together the other day. This is, 
I think, the only way that will enable you to live in 
peace and continue your cherished studies and high 
pursuits — to never speak about spiritual matters 
before him, in order not to irritate him, and preside, 
like every other lady, over your household duties 
carefully so as to please him." 

"Oh!" answered his interlocutor, "I have fully 
made up my mind in regard to my line of conduct in 
the future. I have given much thought to all the 
beautiful and safe rules of life you have held out 
to me, and will do my best — my utmost — to abide 
and live by them." 

"Now, dear Judge, is it not utterly regrettable 
that such inharmony should exist between man and 
wife ; yea, I would say could exist ?" 



CHAPTER VII 

IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE? IS DIVORCE A CRIME 
OR A BENEDICTION ? 

"When we enter the sacred bonds of marriage, 
oil what ideals we erect before lis ! Lofty feelings 
and poetry permeate us both. The most intense de- 
votion fills our hearts. We are ready for any sac- 
rifice, ready almost to die for each other. And in- 
deed this loving life goes on for many years. It is 
cemented more firmly by the birth of children. Alas, 
why does the time come when we drift apart ? And 
why should the breach ever grow wider ?" 

"Yes, dear child," answered the Judge in a pa- 
ternal tone, to Mrs. Peterson, who had just uttered 
the foregoing inquiry "such is life. Nobody knows 
this sad condition more thoroughly than an attorney 
or a Judge. Both are made the depository of human 
woes. All the miseries of humanity, of man and 
woman, husband and wife, are laid bare before 
them. 

"After more than a quarter of a century on the 
bench I may almost authoritatively state that there 
is a skeleton in the closet of every family. The ex- 
ceptions are so very few that they may be neglected. 

78 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 79 

"Of course, so long as the married couple are 
young and full of love they will always make up 
their differences. When years have elapsed, how- 
ever, the children grown to manhood and passion 
has been stilled, differences are wont to spring up. 
The golden hues of love which overspread the young- 
er days have disappeared. The married couple 
reaches by slow degrees a condition where each one 
assumes his or her own particular individual idio- 
syncrasies and characteristics. If there are some 
asperities in the character of the one, some natural 
weakness or intolerance in the other, these, to- 
gether with many other peculiarities, more or less 
unpleasant in both, are bound to come to the surface. 
With these inharmonies steadily asserting them- 
selves, both necessarily arrive, some day, at the 
conclusion that if love had not absolutely blinded 
them they would never have entertained for one 
moment the idea of taking for a life companion such 
a person as the wife or the husband has proved to 
be ; hence the radical incompatibility. 

"And this picture is, alas, only too true. Still 
they are married. They have solemnly promised to 
love and cherish one another 'until death doth part 
them/ And there they are," exclaimed the Judge, 
throwing out his arms and slapping his legs with 
some force, perhaps remembering his own case. "It 
is easily surmised how painful the future before 
them will be." 



80 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

"Now/' continued the good old gentleman, "if the 
married couples in this predicament had reached the 
stage of evolution where they had become acquainted 
with that little rule of philosophy of which we spoke 
lately, and endeavored faithfully to apply it, both 
might get along nicely and life would surely become 
bearable. 

"When the daily common duties which each one 
owes to the other are fulfilled then they might pursue 
the ideas or ideals which they, individually, would 
deem necessary to their happiness, be these ideals 
either toward the acquisition of material or spiritual 
possessions; and especially when life's activities are 
directed toward these latter they must have ample 
freedom and exercise themselves unhampered. Un- 
fortunately, this is not the case generally; man and 
wife, no matter how well educated they may be, no 
matter what social position they may occupy, each 
one will stand by what he or she calls their rights; 
each will incessantly try to bring the other to his or 
her particular way of thinking, stating that the other 
one is absolutely wrong and mean, hence inharmony 
reigns supreme. 

"Their life has thus grown to be a hades. Every 
lofty thought becomes impossible, for the mind is 
perpetually occupied with aggressive and uncharit- 
able thoughts cast toward each other. Intellectual 
as well as spiritual progress is arrested and life's 
object is destroyed. The soul is dead. In my ex- 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 81 

perience on the bench I have seen in many cases 
either the husband or the wife entirely overpowered 
by the other. If it be the wife who is crushed, as is 
most frequently the case, the poor woman bears life's 
burden like a stoic, devoting herself, an effective 
slave, to the household duties, to the welfare of her 
children. She lacks all enthusiasm in her sacrifice. 
She knows no joy. Her life is without a ray of 
sunshine. Sometimes, the poor soul, almost desper- 
ate, takes solace where she should not. 

If it is the husband who is overpowered by the 
wife he finds his little comforts outside of the home, 
in his club; perhaps with his cups if he is of the 
world, worldly. He also finds solace elsewhere where 
he should not. 

"But if he be of a lofty nature he caresses beau- 
tiful ideals. He may find relief in the higher 
studies, trying perhaps to fathom the hidden forces 
of the universe. These studies afford him supreme 
consolation. Perhaps, also, he may adopt and apply 
our little practical philosophy toward his wife, ful- 
filling manfully his destiny, doing justice to all and 
shedding sunshine wherever he goeth." 

"AH this is very sad," rejoined Mrs. Peterson, 
"'but, alas, it is only too true. From all this it would 
appear that the experience you have derived from 
your contact with the world's matrimonial woes dur- 
ing your long judicial career has inclined you to 



!82 THe Strenuous Life Spiritual 

answer in the affirmative the much-mooted question 
of to-day: 'Is marriage a failure?' " 

"To that question/' replied the Judge, "I would 
give the same answer that I would to the question 
'Is divorce an evil V I would say marriage is either 
a blessing or a curse according to the characteristics 
of the persons contracting it. Divorce is also either 
a blessing or a curse according to the motives of the 
persons applying for it. 

"I will relate to you on that subject the opinion 
of one of my colleagues of the supreme bench. He is 
a little waggishly inclined on this marriage question, 
for he has had a large experience with divorce cases. 

" 'Our happiest days/ he used to say when in a 
familiar communicative mood, 'are passed in child- 
hood. Life is exuberant then, cares unknown, pleas- 
ures keenly felt and enjoyed. Happiness exudes 
from every pore of life. This glorious period has a 
duration of about fifteen years, a little more or a little 
less according to individuals and climate. This hap- 
piness is followed by a period of insanity called love. 
Both boys and girls lose their heads, reason disap- 
pears and gives way to erratic impulse. They quote 
poetry. "The breeze sighs in the boughs." "The 
birds sing soft lullabies to their mates." "The flow- 
ers smile to heaven." "The stars, angel eyes, wink 
at us." "The brooks murmur sweet ditties." "All 
sunsets are glorious." The girl is an angel. Her 
languorous blue eyes reflect the azure of the skies. 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 83 

Her lips are brilliant coral, her teeth pearls, her 
cheeks roses. The young man is equally idealized. 
He is a hero of the first water. He looms up like a 
giant of a California forest. All other trees are 
shrubs.' " 

"My colleague sententiously adds : 'From my long 
experience with divorce cases I freely state that one 
of the wisest things the Almighty ever did was, and 
is, to make the young folks a little crazy before they 
get married, else, I am afraid, they would never get 
their necks into the noose and get the knot tied.' " 

]\Irs. Peterson laughed heartily at this raw little 
expose of the opinion of the Judge's friend, but she 
could not prevent unconsciously letting her head drop 
into a hardly perceptible nod of assent. 

"One of the divorce cases my friend tried on the 
bench," continued the Judge, "nearly broke his 
heart. A young miss of very good parentage had re- 
ceived a superior education in one of the foremost 
seminaries of the country. She had as sweet a little 
soul contained in as lovely and beautiful a body as 
the most gifted poet might desire to idealize. She 
was as innocent and pure as a dewdrop, w r as gifted 
with literary talent, a very fair poet herself, besides 
being a talented musician, letting her dear little heart 
unconsciously speak through the sweet melodies her 
ideal fingers evoked. 

"Well, when her education was finished she re- 
turned home, and of course her parents, as all parents 



84 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 






: 



are wont to do, wanted her to make a good match, 
marry a fine fellow with lots of money and a young 
man of respectable standing in society. 

"The young man came in sight. An employe of a 
large bank, well-dressed, amiable in mien, distin- 
guished in manners, a society man, a club man, owner 
of a fast and stylish horse which he mounted with 
much grace and riding ability. Well, apparently, a 
very desirable match. 

"The match was quickly made, for the parents 
brought them much together; theatre parties, little 
dinners, musical soirees, and the dear, sweet soul, ut- 
terly inexperienced in the ways of the world, was so 
intoxicated with the new life into which she w; 
being ushered. Then, as could be expected, insanit; 
set in ; I mean that insanity called love. The young 
man at the contact of such lovely innocence got the 
love brain-fever also, and the marriage between these 
two insane persons was solemnized with great pomp, 
and all were happy, parents and children, and friends, 
valets and maids, dogs and cats and parrot. 

"Two years later they came into my court. The 
sweet, dear, beautiful, poetical, melodious little soul, 
unrecognizable; her face was pale and haggard, her 
eyes were sunken, her whole countenance betrayec 
long and intense suffering. Her plea was extreme 
cruelty. Her husband had soon tired of his sweet 
little bird. She had proven too tame for him. He 
found her love sickening. He was accustomed to meet 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 85 

and live in the company of fast and fashionable fel- 
lows, of lively society ladies and others. To this 
brilliant world and to its magnetic attractions which 
he could not resist, he returned slowly, and was soon 
absorbed in its meshes. The dear little bird, with her 
sweet soul attuned to the finest whisperings of nature, 
found herself soon neglected ; after a while accorded 
but scant consideration, and thus, slowly, the ex- 
tremely painful conclusion was forced upon her that 
she was an obstacle in the way of her husband's fast 
life. She bore his neglect, lack of consideration and 
impolite words bravely. She cried much, and, at 
times, intense agony caused every heart-string to 
quiver. Her health gave way by degrees. She re- 
volted, however, one day when proof was handed to 
her by one of her college friends that her husband 
was unfaithful. 

"She related her trials to her parents. She was 
their only child. They behaved nobly. A suit for 
divorce was instituted and assigned to my court. I 
granted the decree of divorce and gave the husband 
an upbraiding, that if he has any spark of soul left 
ha will remember as long as he lives, and, perhaps, 
afterwards. 

"I shudder to think of the suffering that dear little 
martyred soul would have had to undergo if the di- 
vorce law had not been on the statute books. 

"After the divorce was granted and the memory of 
the bitterness of the past two years somewhat pali- 



86 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

ated, the little bird slowly regained her smile, with 
a faint tinge of sadness in it perhaps. Her mind re- 
turned gradually to her literary pursuits, poetry, 
music and sunshine. She devoted all her moments 
to the study of the higher ethics of life. Her past 
sorrows had qualified her in an unexampled manner 
for these studies. She became a really beautiful 
spiritual and noble woman. The divorce law had 
rescued her soul from hades. 

"This," concluded the Judge's friend, "is a case 
where divorce comes as a benediction. Of the other 
side, when divorce is a curse, I will not speak; it is 
too sad and too multiple." 

Our American girls, receiving generally an excel- 
lent education, many of them being university grad- 
uates, are great readers of excellent and often pro- 
gressive literature. Gradually high ideals spring up, 
and in measure as their understanding matures they 
reach a lofty conception of life and its importance, 
of their present duties and of their ultimate destiny. 
They no longer believe that they are created especial- 
ly by the Almighty to serve as plaything for man, 
to be his slave, obey him in all his whims and desires, 
whatever these may be, high or low, or even repul- 
sive. 

No. Our American girl realizes that when she 
marries she has duties to perform toward her hus- 
band and also that her husband has duties to per- 
form toward her. She understands, however, that 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 87 

none of these duties should interfere with the de- 
velopment of her soul, the divine importance of which 
she more fully realizes as the years go by. 

Of course, all these duties and soul developments 
are forgotten for a certain length of time in the in- 
toxication of newly married life, but when this in- 
toxication subsides these soul duties are sure to spring 
up and come to the surface, and God bless the hus- 
band who understands these soul-longings of his wife, 
and vice-versa, for then the marriage relation will 
turn earth into a paradise. But if these soul-long- 
ings are antagonized, and ruthlessly so, as is often 
the case, then life will become a hades and soul 
growth be thwarted if not hopelessly arrested. 

Just here a great responsibility rests upon the 
American girl, for she may often be the cause of 
the disruption of her home. She should be exceed- 
ingly careful not to place her heart's faith wholely 
in some of those numerous fads parading nowadays 
under the banner of pseudo-mysticism, brotherhoods, 
associations, etc., among which there are some credit- 
able ones, very helpful indeed, but many of which 
lead the soul to a state of acute vibration, inordinate 
nervousness and unrest, producing unhappiness not 
only to the poor girl herself, but to all those of her 
immediate environment. The foregoing holds true 
for the husband as well as for the wife. 

"But you, dear Judge," Mrs. Peterson ventured 
to ask, "after your immense experience for over a 



88 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

quarter of a century with unhappy matrimonial af- 
fairs, have certainly given some thought to the prob- 
lem of how to remedy this unhappy condition oi 
things, so utterly detrimental to the happiness abso- 
lutely necessary to the betterment of man's moral and 
spiritual condition here below ?" 

"Yes, dear madam, not only myself but many 
leading attorneys and magistrates have given much 
thought to this most momentous matter, in which 
human happiness and spiritual progress are so in- 
tensely interested. 

"The members of every family which has a large 
skeleton in its closet, are loath to speak of it, to con- 
fess it, and, on the contrary, avail themselves of all 
possible means to hide it, to deceive their friends as to 
their real family relations. They follow the advice 
of Napoleon the First: 'Wash your soiled linen at 
home.' So the world, looking as we do only at the 
exterior appearance of things, is composed solely of 
happy families. This sad state of affairs, however, is 
gradually coming to the surface; it is being fully 
understood, and when the evil shall be exposed to 
bright daylight, the remedy will come. It is true, 
however, that before happy relations in married life 
can become general the world must grow immensely 
in morality, and this, unfortunately, is yet a great 
way off. 



CHAPTER VIII 

HABITS OF THOUGHT CELL CLUSTERS 

"One of the most dangerous habits," continued 
the good Judge, centering upon a new theme, "in 
some cases most effectively opposing the spiritual 
progress of the soul, is the thought habit. When the 
mind dwells steadily upon one subject — when one 
thought is uppermost in it — that steady prevailing 
thought forms cell-clusters in the brain which are 
like an ever-burning fire, giving forth an unceasing 
stream of force, pushing itself ever ahead in the mind 
of the disciple, and would fain occupy the entire in- 
tellectual brain activities with the idiosyncrasies of 
that special line of thought. 

"In my own life," said the good Judge with much 
earnestness, "this thought-habit has been one of my 
main characteristics and hindrances. For many 
years I was brooding daily over that vexed question 
of marital inharmony. My heart was much grieved 
at the steady growing apart of my wife's ideals and 
thoughts from mine. I had a sensitive heart and suf- 
fered much. I steadily tried to master these feelings, 
but still every moment some little aggressive word 
of my wife would accentuate these feelings and thus 

89 



90 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

gradually a group of cells was forming in my brain, 
which asserted themselves at every instant suscitating 
discontentment with my wife's actions. 

"I must confess, with a little feeling of shame, 
that up to this day these cell-clusters are still actively 
at work, for at every unguarded moment these antag- 
onistic feelings toward my poor wife will spring 
up. I have noticed that almost every morning while 
dressing I feel myself upbraiding her, lamenting over 
her heartlessness and brooding over the idea of how 
happy our lives might have been, etc. Of course, 
after entertaining these thoughts for a few minutes, 
I realize what I am doing, and get a hearty little 
laugh at the activities of these cell-clusters. Imme- 
diately I talk to them, and I use a phrase my little 
boy has the habit of applying to his playmates who 
annoy him : 'Go back to your cage, you V The next 
morning, however, or during the night, they will get 
out of their cage and begin their work over again. 
And all this happens, notwithstanding that I cherish 
toward my wife only the best of feelings. These 
cell-clusters evidently have been growing by a long 
continued flow of antagonistic thoughts toward my 
wife when I allowed my feelings to be hurt by her 
through a series of years. This antagonistic thought- 
habit is one of the greatest hindrances to spiritual 
progress. It is a constant pulling down. My advice 
would be to suffering hearts to put into strenuous 
practice at the earliest stage of this inharmony the 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 91 

little philosophical rule of discipline which we eluci- 
dated a day or two ago, and this rule must be most 
rigorously followed in the strenuous spiritual life. 

"No cell-clusters of a low order can be built up 
when we have no low or mean feelings. If, in our 
marital differences we concede the right to our wife 
or husband to harbor feelings which are a natural 
outcome of their peculiar characteristics, we build, 
on the contrary, a cluster of cells of a higher order, 
steadily preaching to us tolerance, forgiveness and 
patience. Of course, this will close our hearts against 
needless sufferings, which we must always do in self- 
defense." 

The good old Judge's sound philosophy made a 
deep impression upon Mrs. Peterson. It changed the 
entire course of her life. She became a happy and 
very spiritual woman. Her husband was brought 
slowly back to her, won over by her gentleness, toler- 
ance, and really angelic qualities. 

The philosophy of the dear Judge is of the grand- 
est import to man's daily life and should be earnestly 
heeded by us all. 

This thought-habit is more keenly felt as a de- 
cided power in direct opposition to the spiritual life 
he may desire to lead by the man of affairs who has 
led an intense business career. The constant watch- 
fulness required of this man to prevent being imposed 
upon by the people with whom he has business trans- 
actions creates mental habits of a stern, selfish na- 



92 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

ture, which may be necessary perhaps as a personal 
safeguard. 

This continuous thought of self-protection creates 
a group of cell-clusters, gradually invading the 
greater part of the brain. These cell-clusters are so 
positive in their purpose, are endowed with such 
potentials of energy that the cells of a higher order 
in the brain are nearly overpowered by these selfish 
cells and their functions almost atrophied. 

When this man of affairs has reached middle age, 
or a few years more, and has perhaps attained the 
boon he has so ardently been striving for, namely, 
material independence, he may be thrown into an 
environment more or less intellectual or spiritual, 
and desire to pay some attention to certain transcon- 
tinental matters he would have scorned during his in- 
tense money-making career. 

We will suppose that his soul has been made to 
vibrate at some thoughts of a high nature. It is 
awakening and wants to know, as is usual with new 
inquirers, the real significance of life. He pro- 
gresses in his studies; he tries to live the spiritual 
life. 

And just here is where the thought-habit, formed 
during his business career, meets him face to face in 
a desperate manner. The same suspicions, relentless 
doubts, uncharitable misgivings, will follow him wher- 
ever he goes and will be manifest in whatever he un- 
dertakes. 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual 93 

He will soon keenly feel this opposition to his 
spiritual growth and realize that the real battle of 
his life has begun in earnest and lies in the over- 
coming of these suspicions, uncharitable judgments, 
hasty and unjust conclusions, toward the actions of 
his neighbors and fellow men. 

Alas ! All these hindrances are due to the hard 
business rules of his career, one of which, perhaps 
the safest but surely the saddest, is "If a man is per- 
sonally interested in a business venture he proposes 
to you never believe a single word of what he says." 

This rule, having been faithfully adhered to dur- 
ing half of a lifetime, perhaps, and called almost 
daily into operation it becomes easy to surmise the 
appalling number of cell-clusters it has built in the 
brain of this business man. 

Alas, and alack, again ; and it is most unfortunate 
that it be so. It takes just as long a time to trans- 
form these low hard cell-clusters into normal, healthy 
or generous ones as it took time to form or build up 
those desperate, mean, suspicious entities. 

This thought is appalling, but it is only too true. 

What a terrible warning it brings to young men 
who enter life in all earnestness. The supreme com- 
mand to them is to watch their every thought so as 
not to form any pernicious thought-habit, but to con- 
stantly endeavor to build up a character where honest 
motives, charitable feelings, a sentiment of tolerance, 
a tendency to forgiveness and carefulness in never 



94 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

giving offense become the principal elements of their 
individual personality. 

However, a consolation comes to the earnest soul 
trying to overcome the influence of early thought- 
habits of an earthly nature. Gradually some agency 
from on high comes to the rescue. He does not en- 
tertain these uncharitable moods for any length of 
time. Soon after these unhealthy influences of the 
cell-clusters are felt an inner consciousness seems to 
spring up and sounds a note of warning, bringing 
vividly to the mind the unhealthy train of thought 
he is following, and this warning grows stronger and 
stronger in proportion as earnestness in spiritual en- 
deavor grows. At last these mean cell-clusters seem 
to lose their potential as the soul is on guard for 
them, and seems, really, as if it had taken control 
of a psychic switch to turn the low current to a 
ground, as electricians would say. 

So then, dear disciple, do not be discouraged at 
those oft-repeated occurrences of such mean thoughts. 
It is by no means an indication that your spiritual 
progress is not advancing. The cell-clusters giving 
forth these uncharitable thoughts are still there, and 
as long as they are in existence their influence will 
be felt. Call to your mind an seolian harp suspended 
in the branches of a tree. As long as there is no air- 
current the harp will be silent, but as soon as the 
slightest breeze springs up the musical notes will be 
produced, giving forth harmony or discord, accord- 



The Strenuous Life Spiritual h*. 

ing to the tuning or syntonism of the strings between 
themselves. And so it is with the cells of the brain- 
clusters. They will lie dormant so long as no occa- 
sion offers for their springing into action, but on the 
least suggestion of some perturbing motive in every- 
day life a current is produced by them, either a 
thought or electro-magnetic vital current, and the 
cells of the cluster are made to sing the uncharitable 
song which so alarms the earnest disciple. 

Now, dear disciple, this miserable thought-habit 
created during almost a life-long warfare of neces- 
sarily defensive tactics, is a mere physiological fact, 
the influence of which you cannot at once annihilate. 
So, do not get discouraged, a constant rebuking of 
these engenders influences of a higher nature which 
gradually surround, overcome, and change the nature 
of these low cell-clusters to clusters of a noble spirit- 
ual tendency. 

Robert G. Ingersoll, after one of his lectures on 
Temptation, was asked by a lady in the audience: 
"If mean thoughts come to us as they do almost 
every day, urge us to do things we should not do; 
how shall we get rid of these — what shall we do to 
overcome their pernicious influence ?" 

Ingersoll answered in his inimitable way: "Dear 
madam, we cannot prevent swallows from flying 
around our heads in the air, but w r e can surely prevent 
them from making their nests in our hair." This 



cm J6 The Strenuous Life Spiritual 

answer of the great iconoclast is worth a whole treatise 
on moral philosophy. 

We have allowed ourselves to dwell thus at length 
on these thought-habits because we know the decided 
influence they exert on our spiritual life. Tempta- 
tions and urgings of a low order do not originate so 
much in suggestions from outside entities — although 
some may-— as they spring from our own inner being, 
from our inharmonious cell-clusters formed and fos- 
tered during many bygone years. 

"The Submissive Life," following this essay, will 
give to the earnest disciple the key to a true spiritual 
life. 



THE SUBMISSIVE LIFE 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 

I The Prophet and His Book g 

II A Visit From the Prophet 23 

III The First Revelations of the Prophet 31 

IV As It Is Above So It Is Below; As It Is In 

Heaven So It Is On Earth 38 

V Revelations Given by the Prophet in the Napa 

Mountains 50 

VI More About the Prophet 65 

VII A Revealed Prophecy Realized 72 

VIII More Revelations 84 

IX Judging the Prophet's Revelations 95 

X The God of the Revelations 108 

XI Conclusions 119 



THE SUBMISSIVE LIFE 



CHAPTER I 

THE PBOPHET AND HIS BOOK 

Toward the last of the year 1909 I went to the 
city of Los Angeles, in California, where the winter 
climate is mild and sunny. With a nervous system 
badly shaken from overwork, I hoped to find there, 
as I had found in some previous years, rest, quiet, 
and peace. After a couple of months passed in that 
city, I found myself much better and began to take 
interest in things around me. One morning looking 
over the columns of a daily newspaper, I noticed an 
extra long list of church notices — it happened to be 
Sunday — detailing religious services of every pos- 
sible and impossible denomination, advertising lec- 
tures in temples and halls, teaching and preaching 
and expounding creeds of every description, known 
and unknown; moral systems, new and old; philo- 
sophical themes, ethical elucidations, etc., etc. These 
many and utterly varied religious and irreligious en- 
deavors, filling halls and churches, is almost unique 
to the city of Los Angeles. Owing to its mild and 

9 



10 The Submissive Life 

balmy winter climate, people congregate there from 
all parts of the United States, the Atlantic Coast, 
Canada and the great Northwest ; even Alaska bring- 
ing its quota of tourists. Several missionaries of the 
Oriental religions also pass the winter here, and their 
efforts of proselyting prove quite effective. One of 
the beautiful characteristics of the American people, 
especially that part of the people with nomadic tend- 
encies and habits, is that every new activity in the 
religious, moral, philosophical or mental fields, al- 
ways interests them. For this reason an intelligent 
apostle in any of these activities, having for main 
endeavor the betterment of the human race, will ever 
find an audience, more or less numerous, ready to 
give attention to their new credos and pass swift but 
fair judgment upon their worth, according to the 
greater or lesser appeal they make upon their own 
convictions or mental idiosyncrasies. 

Among these numerous church notices, my atten- 
tion was attracted to the following: — 

"BOY PKOPHET— Archie Inger, a prophet of 
God, will speak by divine inspiration Sunday 
evening. Mammoth Hall, 517 Broadway. Tree/ 
It has been revealed to Mr. Inger during the past 
week that a part of his message this evening will 
touch upon 'The Wise Men from the East; who 
they were, why they came/ Mr. Inger says: 'I 
know not what I am to say. I open my heart and 



The Submissive Life 11 

surrender my will unto God, and He puts the 
words in my mouth. In my own efforts I am no- 
thing/ " 

"A boy prophet of God/' said L "That must be 
interesting surely/' and I thought something of going 
to that lecture. 

Taking a stroll through the streets of the city, I 
noticed the same lecture advertised in many windows 
— some in windows of very prominent stores. I was 
greatly interested in the picture of the young prophet, 
printed on the notices. A juvenile face really, de- 
noting an age between sixteen and eighteen. I de- 
cided to go and hear him speak. To listen to the 
utterances of a boy prophet must indeed prove a treat. 
The hour set for the meeting was eight o'clock. In 
order to get a good seat near the speaker, in case of 
a large audience, I went to the hall at half-past 
seven. At the door a young man stepped forward 
and informed me I was a little early; however, if 
I decided to remain, he would loan me a little book 
to read, while waiting for the beginning of the lec- 
ture. 

"This book," volunteered the young man, "may 
perhaps interest you. It deals with the ^Revelations 
of Saint John/ giving them a new interpretation. 
Archie was compelled to write that book, driven by 
some irresistible force, at the age of fourteen." 

Seeing many copies on the table for sale, I bought 



12 The Submissive Life 

the book and went to secure my seat near the plat- 
form from which the young prophet was to lecture. 
After having surveyed the hall, the pictures on the 
wall and the beautiful flowers brought by some ladies 
to the speaker's desk, I opened the book. The frontis- 
piece was a portrait of Archie J. Inger; the intro- 
duction read thus: "I, the Lord Jesus Christ, am 
the writer of this book by revelation, through this 
medium, 'Archie Inger Christ,' and I have inter- 
preted the meaning of John's revelations, which 
should be interpreted in this last day to prepare the 
way of my coming upon the earth. The correct in- 
terpretation is here given, and with it many neces- 
sary spiritual laws by which man may reach the 
Kingdom of Heaven if he be diligent in the light and 
path given him herein." 

Well, dear reader, I must confess that these state- 
ments startled me just a little, for my hand almost 
dropped the book. I looked again at the boyish face 
of the young prophet, and beginning to feel quite in- 
terested I continued the reading. It said: "This 
book is the Key to the Scriptures and also the key to 
the way of Heaven. If any man lack wisdom, let 
him ask of me, but the manner in which he may ask 
and receive an answer is herein written ; but he who 
seeks a different way may seek, but shall not find it. 
If you will read this book diligently, no man need 
continue in the dark. But the book must be read in 
submission and in prayer if it is to be understood. 



The Submissive Life 13 

This is but the opening of a great and mighty work, 
and is the revealment of a true and just law. Xever- 
theless, it will receive much criticism and prejudice, 
but shall be able to stand against any storm/' 

While continuing the reading of a few pages with 
much interest, mixed perhaps with an equal amount 
of curiosity, I soon noticed a rustling in the hall, 
now well filled with a respectable looking audience. 
The young prophet had made his appearance on the 
platform. He was accompanied by an elderly lady, 
who took a seat on a sofa near the speaker's desk. 
I learned afterwards she was his mother. A young 
lady went to the piano and sang a hymn. The proph- 
et, standing at the desk, rested his head upon his 
hand, as if in silent prayer or meditation. After the 
singing of the hymn the mother stepped forward, 
uttered an eloquent prayer demanding benediction of 
those on High upon the audience. 

The prophet then, in a sweet and youthful voice, 
implored Jehovah to make clear to him the instruc- 
tion he wished to impart that evening, through his 
humble ministrations, so he might transmit it with 
fidelity and completeness. 

The speaker seemed to be two or three years older 
than he appeared in his picture, which was taken, I 
learned, at the time he wrote his book. His de- 
meanor on the platform was modest, simply walking 
to and fro, speaking plainly, without eloquence, 
seemingly intent solely to form into words and de- 



14 The Submissive Life 

liver faithfully the psychic impressions vouchsafed 
to him through the divine influx that was being im- 
printed upon his soul or mind. 

The lecture dealt with the mission of the Wise 
Men of the East, but the conclusion of his entire dis- 
course seemed to be the necessity of man's complete 
submission to the will of God in all the activities of 
his daily life. The question that followed was : "How 
shall man come to know the will of God so he may 
obey it?" All these questions were plainly eluci- 
dated by the young man. 

The audience appeared much interested in the 
themes developed during the lecture, and it never 
ceased to listen, not only attentively, but, it seemed to 
me at times reverently, to his utterances. 

I must confess that I became interested in the 
young man, prophet, or not, for there might be a 
mystery underlying all these claims, worthy of in- 
vestigation. It was certain that the ideas expressed 
by him were of a high spiritual standard, and abso- 
lutely above his age or intellect. I say intellect, for 
his manner of giving expression to sentences was at 
times, perhaps, a little crude. 

The lecture was delivered in the Biblical or 
archaic style. I slowly came to the conclusion to 
follow up this young prophet by attending as much 
as convenient all his future lectures before passing 
judgment upon his claim, if indeed judgment may 
ever be ventured or permitted on such themes. This 



The Submissive Life 15 

conclusion, however, was entirely in harmony with 
my past studies and investigations, for having al- 
ways been a greater or lesser student of the physical 
sciences, I had formed the habit of never rejecting 
hypothesis, however irrealizable they might at first 
appear, and this rule of conduct had been of the 
greatest benefit in my scientific endeavors. 

After the closing of the lecture, and when he 
stepped from the platform, the prophet found him- 
self immediately surrounded by a group of men and 
women, expressing warm congratulations and asking 
many questions. 

The greater part of the audience slowly filed out, 
and being one of the last, I halted awhile, as the 
young man who had met me at the door at my en- 
trance spoke to me, saying his name was Harry 
Young, and asking whether I liked the lecture just 
heard. I handed Mr. Young my card in return for 
his kindness. 

"You see," he volunteered, "Archie is not in a 
trance when he lectures, he just feels himself like in 
the midst of a glow, a brilliant atmosphere, a kind 
of illumination, full of ideas and thoughts beating 
upon his mind, and impressing his brain. He gives 
utterance to these promptings as best he can; he has 
to formulate them in words of his own choosing, 
but Archie's education having been much neglected, 
through circumstances over which he had no control, 
his utterances are sometimes weak, and perhaps a 



16 The Submissive Life 

little ungrammatical at times, although the sentences 
seem always to be well understood by the people." 

"I would like very much to become personally ac- 
quainted with the prophet," I ventured; "does he 
like to meet people ?" 

"Absolutely so ! He loves to converse with people 
and answer questions. You see how he is surrounded 
by anxious inquirers this very moment. They may 
keep him there for more than half an hour — and he 
is always smiling." 

"Well, I hope to meet him some time, soon." 

"He will be very glad to meet you any time, I am 
sure, especially that you are a San Franciscan." 

On the following Thursday, at three-thirty P. M., 
a lecture was announced to be given in one of the 
halls of the city on spiritualism in Australia; the 
speaker to be was J. W. Peebles, a gentleman eighty- 
seven years of age. This announcement interested 
me at once, for being myself eighty-one years old, I 
desired to learn of and witness the physical condition, 
mental and moral qualities one may yet possess at 
that age. Perhaps I desired specially to question him 
a little about his manner of living, rules of diet, etc. 
I went to the lecture. I was granted the infinite 
satisfaction of admiring a nice, grand old man with 
long flowing white beard and hair, of high stature, 
brilliant eye, sonorous voice, eloquent utterances ; in 
fact, a striking personality in full possession of a 
large intellect, and of all those lovely qualities which 



The Submissive Life 17 

go to make a man far above the ordinary standard of 
men,* The good reader will readily understand to 
what degree I was pleased meeting with Mr. Peebles 
and witnessing in him, at his age, all those beautiful 
attributes of manhood, and so justly appreciated by 
the audience, as manifested by the unequivocal rev- 
erence with which they listened to his words. 

However, I must confess that besides the great 
interest taken in Mr. Peebles' lecture, and the satis- 
faction it brought to me, there was another presence 
in the hall among the audience that attracted my 
special attention, and this presence was no other 
than the boy prophet, Inger, accompanied by his 
friend, Mr. Young. I concluded to seize this oppor- 
tunity to meet the prophet, if possible. On leaving 
the hall I followed him closely, and on reaching the 
sidewalk I addressed a few words to Mr. Young. He, 
at once recognizing me, introduced me to the prophet 
as the gentleman from San Francisco, of whom he 
had spoken as having attended his last Sunday's lec- 
ture. Mr. Inger extended his hand cordially, while 
a sweet smile overspread his countenance, saying he 
was very glad to meet me. 

The crowd issuing from the hall, crowding upon us, 
soon made us move forward. Addressing the prophet 



*Dear Dr. Osier — Humbly do I beg your pardon for intro- 
ducing Mr. Pebbles to the world, in contradiction to your 
pet theories, so greatly appreciated by old people of cer-. 
tain intellectual attainments. 



18 The Submissive Life 

and his friend, and begging pardon for the lib- 
erty, I asked them to accompany me to the store 
next door, accept an ice cream, which would permit 
us to be seated and thus get better acquainted. The 
invitation was accepted. We soon found ourselves 
conversing perfectly at ease. The prophet stated 
that he had lived in Oakland, a city across the bay 
from San Francisco; that often he had heard some 
of his friends speak of the books I had written, that 
he knew well my School of Engineering, and conse- 
quently he was very glad to meet me, and thus I 
found myself in a few minutes on friendly terms 
with the young prophet. I was perfectly delighted ! 
The progress made toward my aim of studying the 
prophet had become in a few moments replete with 
promises of unexpected success. However, since I 
had come into actual contact with the young man, 
the curiosity part of my investigation seemed to have 
quite lessened, and somewhat replaced in my mind 
with a sincere desire of learning all the good that 
might be found in his philosophy. Was his book 
really inspired by the Christ himself? Perhaps the 
perusal of it would vouchsafe some interesting elu- 
cidations. 

All these thoughts coursed through my mind, as it 
were, like a flash and in a second of time. 

After we partook of the ice cream, "Archie," said 
Mr. Young, "do not forget that your mother is wait- 
ing for you and that it is about time for dinner." 



The Submissive Life 19 

"Dear Mr. Inger, now that we are acquainted, and 
that we are almost fellow townsmen/' I volunteered, 
"we should know one another more thoroughly. 
Please come and lunch with me at the hotel, say the 
day after to-morrow, with Mr. Young. Will you 
come ?" 

"I accept with pleasure/' he answered; "hut Mr. 
Young cannot accompany me as he must attend to 
his office business." 

"Thank you indeed very much for accepting, but 
please come, if convenient toward eleven o'clock, so 
we may have some time for a chat before going to 
the dining room." 

"That is a good idea. I will call on you at eleven 
o'clock the day after to-morrow." 

The invitation, I noticed, was accepted with pleas- 
ure. We separated like two good friends, after a 
warm shaking of hands all around. 

The next day, while taking a stroll along the 
streets of the city, I met, by mere chance, Mt. Harry 
Young, the prophet's friend. I say by mere chance ; 
but is there really something like mere chance in this 
world? We were walking in the same direction so 
we entered immediately into conversation. Mr. 
Young stated at once, and with a smile of satisfac- 
tion: 

"Archie has been very happy indeed to meet you ; 
he never ceased speaking about you that entire even- 
ing. He remembered, after a little thinking, the 



20 The Submissive Life 

friends who had spoken of you and your books, re- 
lating the things they contained in harmony with 
his own teachings, and he is delighted at the idea 
of seeing you again to-morrow — and really like a boy 
that he is, he is impatient for the time to arrive." 

"Well, Harry, I am really pleased at what you 
say. Shall I confess to you that I am equally anxious 
to meet Mr. Inger again to-morrow? I am aware, 
and sorry indeed, that you, being under employ- 
ment in the city, cannot accompany him." 

"Oh, no, no! I must work to keep the pot boil- 
ing. You know Archie is a mere boy, especially in 
business, and it requires some money to live, as every- 
body knows. At his lectures I always place a little 
box on the table where his book is for sale, and volun- 
teer offerings are placed in it by people attending. 
These offerings consist, however, of more nickels 
than dimes. They hardly pay the rent of the hall, so 
I must go to work in every city where Archie lec- 
tures, and, somehow, work always comes to me. 'But 
enough said about myself." 

"Are you a relation of Mr. Inger's ?" 

"Not at all. I had learned to know him and his 
family, in Salt Lake City years ago, when he was a 
real kid. The entire family was in terrible circum- 
stances when I became acquainted with them. I 
helped them some, and in one way or another I have 
remained close to the family ever since. However, 
you will know more about that later on, I suppose, 



The Submissive Life 21 

as all seems to be mystery or fate with that family." 

"You interest me greatly, Harry; your devotion is 
equally a mystery to me." 

"Yes, all is mystery and out of the ordinary with 
the Ingers. I suppose a time will come when you 
will know more about them, and then your interest 
in them will be as mine now is." 

"We were speaking of mystery. There is certain- 
ly a special mystery in Archie's life, troubling him 
very much at times. I must tell you that the Inger 
family has been surely a roving one, continually on 
the move from East to West, through plains, deserts, 
mountains — the father is a miner by profession — 
through the mining States, landing finally in the 
State of Utah, at Salt Lake City. 

"It is easily surmised that through all these 
changes and wanderings when Archie was very 
young, his education must have been appallingly 
neglected by mere lack of opportunity. He took a 
little schooling wherever it was available, and here 
is where the difficulty resulting from this lack of 
education becomes most manifest. As I stated be- 
fore, Archie when speaking on the platform is not in 
a state of trance. He is simply surrounded, yea, 
thoroughly permeated by a kind of spiritual illumin- 
ation. The thoughts that are thus impressed upon 
him he must coin in words from his own vocabulary, 
which is very limited. He has often complained to 
his guides about this deficiency. I remember very; 



22 The Submissive Life 

well one time, when some newspaper published a 
sharp criticism concerning his inefficiency of ex- 
pression, lack of eloquence, and at times ungram- 
matical utterances. Archie, very much annoyed and 
humiliated at this, told his guides that if they did 
not cause him to speak more eloquently and more 
correctly he would quit preaching and go to work. 

"And here is where the mystery of Archie's life 
comes in," continued Mr. Young. "Each and every 
time he uttered these complaints, his guides told him 
in unmistakable terms: 'Be patient; have faith a 
little while longer ; wait until you meet the man we 
will place on your way — all your desires will then 
be granted and your mission rapidly unfold.' Archie 
has been patiently waiting for the appearance of this 
man. So far he has not come. However, yesterday 
— and I may just as well tell it to you now — Archie, 
in his satisfaction of having met you, said this : 'I 
wonder whether he is the man I must meet, and who 
is to have such a decided influence over my career V ' 

"Oh, fiddlesticks! Mr. Young," I answered, spon- 
taneously uttering a little laugh at such a prepos- 
terous surmise. "I will meet Mr. Inger to-morrow, 
and hope to have a nice little chat with him." 



CHAPTER II 

A VISIT FEOM THE PROPHET 

The next day, at the appointed time, eleven o'clock 
to the minute, the young prophet made his appear- 
ance. I was waiting for him in the lobby of the 
hotel. We met very cordially and after the ordinary 
greetings went to my room. We spoke first about 
San Francisco and Oakland, where he had resided a 
couple of years. There he had heard of me and my 
life's activities. He had even tried to meet me 
while there, having been advised to do so by Pro- 
fessor Edgar Lucien Larkin, Director of the Mount 
Lowe Astronomical Observatory, in California. As 
he made this statement, my memory revealed that a 
few years ago Professor Larkin had written to me a 
letter concerning a young man, almost a boy, a Mr. 
Inger, whom he said was a remarkable subject of psy- 
chic development. He advised me to go and see him, 
assuring me that he would prove of interest. The 
Professor even stated: "I have had the boy, Inger, 
and his mother here with me at the observatory dur- 
ing a couple of days and he is surely a youth deserv- 
ing investigation and study." 

Relating this incident to the young man, he an- 

23 



24 The Submissive Life 

swered seriously: "The time had not arrived for us 
to meet then; but the time is now." 

Mr. Inger is a young man of winning manners, 
a sweet youthful smile ornaments his lips almost 
constantly, and his appearance is entirely devoid 
of that mystic tinge we should expect to meet in 
him. His brown eye, instead of possessing that in- 
ward abstract gaze, always present in the dreamer 
about supersensuous things, has a marvellously frank, 
outward look, full of boyish sprightliness, almost of 
childish curiosity. Indeed, I was very favorably im- 
pressed with Mr. Inger's personality. It was certain- 
ly devoid of any indication of cunning, scheming, or 
any hidden purpose suggested by egotism, selfish 
aims, or personal vanity. He was surely without 
guile, and, in fact, a sweet impersonation of purity 
and innocence. 

"Well, Mr. Inger, now that we are well acquainted, 
and especially that you are aware how much I am 
personally interested in all matters spiritual and the 
betterment of the human race through its discern- 
ment of higher things, may I be permitted to ask a 
few questions as to the manner or procedure of 
events that brought you to the lecturing platform 
and to the writing of your book ?" 

"I have no secrets for anyone, especially none for 
yourself. Only you will please permit me not to 
speak in detail of the painful circumstance that sur- 
rounded my early boyhood. My parents were in a 



The Submissive Life 25 

sad plight at Salt Lake City, State of Utah. They 
were Mormons. My environment was one of con- 
tinuous strife, causing me at times real agony. At 
an early age I was left with my mother and two 
brothers, without any support. As a result of all 
this, perhaps, I grew up without any religious feel- 
ings or convictions whatever. At times I believed 
that man was of little consequence in this world, 
made of dust, and that sometime he would return 
to dust. If there was a spirit in him, I knew nothing 
of it. 

"About seven years ago," continued Archie in his 
simple way, "I heard a voice that came not through 
my ears. It was like a voice heard in a dream, and 
came only when I was dozing at night. I could not 
understand at first what it told me, but in a few 
weeks it was manifest to my dull intellect that it 
was the voice of God. Gradually it failed me, but 
it had changed the course of my life." 

Here Archie paused for a moment, as he seemed 
much moved by these recollections; then he shifted 
to another line of thought. 

"At an early age I displayed some artistic talent, 
it seems, as shown by many little drawings and the 
water-color paintings I never ceased scribbling. So, 
later on, a relative of mine offered to help me to se- 
cure an education and to unfold my artistic talent, if 
I had any. With this idea in mind we moved to Oak- 



26 The Submissive Life 

land, and I began to study at the Hopkins Institute 
of Art, in San Francisco. 

"While in Oakland my mother became ill, and 
one day the physician informed me that she could 
not recover, that medicine was useless and all that 
remained to be done was to make her as comfortable 
as possible. It came as a great blow to me. That 
night, however, I asked for light, if there was any 
such thing to guide human beings. In my sleep I 
heard voices, and they said that my mother would 
be healed the next day. I did not know what to 
make of it, but the next noon I told her, and she was 
healed that day. She got well so fast that in two 
or three days we went out walking. From that 
time on I continued to hear voices. I was told that 
I would receive revelations which I must make 
known. Finally, I told the relative who was help- 
ing with my education, that I could not go on. He 
agreed to wait and see what I should be led to do. 
I was spurned by all my relatives, except my imme- 
diate family. I waited for four years without find- 
ing out what was expected of me. Two years ago 
the voice became again audible to me. This time it 
dictated that I should transcribe an interpretation 
of the EEVELATIONS given in the Bible. In a 
vague, hazy way I did the bidding, doing the writing 
at night, sometimes putting on paper more than a 
thousand words in a single night. By day I was 
appalled to find what I had written, for there were 



The Submissive Life 27 

words that I had never known before; words I had 
to find in the dictionary in order to tell their mean- 
ing, and sentences that I could never alone have 
prepared. 

"I wrote this interpretation," continued the young 
man with much earnestness, "without the Scriptures 
before me; yet when it was complete I found that 
my chapters were numbered properly, and that even 
the verses in great part corresponded. I knew then, 
with assurance, that it was the voice of Christ that 
talked to me, and ordained me to do this work. 

"These revelations I put into a book called a "Re- 
vealed Translation of John's Revelations." In this 
it is made plain how history has borne out the reve- 
lations given to John. When people read this book 
I was called upon to speak, and from that time on 
I have been preaching. I was in Oakland for a year, 
and I have been here four months. I had a suffi- 
cient education in art to support myself. I work at 
this for a living, and speak whenever I am called 
upon. When the collections at the meetings pay my 
expenses I can devote all my time to the good work. 
I do not try to form an organization, but urge people 
to stay in the churches if they can do so. The 
churches, however, are against me. It has been re- 
vealed to me that the church shall not stand, and that 
God sees but little difference between the people in- 
side of the church and those who are outside of it. 
In fact, much of the real religious spirit of brother- 



28 The Submissive Life 

i 

hood, kindness, and charity is outside of the churcK 
to-day." 

In relating all this, Archie was very much in 
earnest. He spoke nearly in the same manner as 
when he was on the lecture platform. He continued 
voluntarily without being asked any further ques- 
tions: 

Christ's Second Coming 

"The second coming of Christ is here and now. 
People did not recognize Christ when He came be- 
fore, because He did not appear in glory, as they had 
expected. They do not recognize the setting up of 
His kingdom now, because it is being established in 
the hearts of men. Material things have reached a 
stage that is near completion. Men have solved most 
of the problems of the earth and the heavens. Every- 
where you see divine revelation in the hearts of men. 
To some it comes through Christian Science, to others 
through Spiritualism, and to the great multitude it is 
a sort of creedless religion of love and trust." 

Revelations His Guide 

"I believe in study and education, but find little 
time for it, and am impelled to move according to 
the directions I receive by revelation, rather than 
to plan my own course. I condemn fanaticism and 



The Submissive Life 29 

believe in being practical, and, to a certain extent, 
conventional. I eschew most of the things that are 
included in the freak religions, and have no rites or 
fetishes which would mark my followers. I believe 
in spurring people on to take care of the poor and 
the sick, but I do not believe in building up a church 
on the promise of curing people. Health will come 
with spiritual development. 

"I give addresses, yes," he said, answering one of 
my questions, "but I do not prepare anything. My 
subject is assigned, the date and place fixed. I give 
no thought to my text, but a day or two before the 
time for me to speak it all comes to me in the night. 
It is dictated. Strangely enough I remember it 
when I awake, and thus I am able to talk to my audi- 
ences as one possessed of more than my knowledge." 

At this stage of the interview, I felt that it would 
not be polite to question Mr. Inger any further, as I 
had not invited him to come to be interviewed, but 
simply to lunch with me. So I rose, asking him to 
kindly follow me to the dining hall. 

He smiled his boyish smile of satisfaction. We 
went to a little table by ourselves. I felt somewhat 
embarrassed at first, not knowing whether he was a 
strict vegetarian or a nut and raisin eater exclusively, 
or what not. So I questioned him about his diet, and 
whether he had some regulation or restriction about 
it. He answered me simply: 

"I eat almost of everything eatable, moderately, 



30 The Submissive Life 

of course. My drink is limited to water, milk, coffee 
or tea, so you may order your ordinary dishes, and 
it will be agreeable to me." 

This profession of culinary faith placed me at 
ease immediately. Mr. Inger was surely no crank in 
that line. After lunch and some desultory conver- 
sation, he begged of me to be allowed to return home, 
as he knew several people were waiting for him at his 
mother's house. 

"I will let you depart now, Mr. Inger, but I desire 
to see you again soon. When are you at liberty to 
lunch with me once more?" 

"Not to-morrow, for I will be busy the entire day 
speaking at San Pedro in the afternoon, and at Long 
Beach at night." 

"Can you come the day after to-morrow?" 

"Yes, I am free then." 

"Will you come at the same hour you came to- 
day? I would be much pleased to have you do so." 

"Agreed, I will come, God permitting." 

Upon this, I led him to the door and we parted 
after a warm and sympathetic handshake. 






CHAPTEE III 

THE FIRST REVELATIONS OF THE PROPHET 

When the young man had gone I went to my room 
and meditated for some time upon all he had related 
to me of his personal history, and how he had come to 
write his "Kevelations of St. John." I found not 
a shade of ground upon which any suspicion might 
rest as to Inger's sincerity, honesty, and absolute dis- 
interestedness. His soul seemed as pure and clear as 
the azurean atmosphere of California in a bright, 
sunny summer day. He interested me even more as a 
subject for close investigation. 

The next day, perusing some of the bills announc- 
ing the prophet's lectures, I read the following quo- 
tation from the opinions of eminent men concerning 
his claims : 

"I would not question for a minute that Mr. Inger 
feels the voice of God speaking to him. Eeligion 
comes subjectively to many persons. They hear the 
voice of God and feel the presence as if the Lord was 
actually before them in a material person." 

"The Rev. George D. Castro, Philosophy Doctor of 
Yale University." 

31 



32 The Submissive Life 

Eev. Mt. Castro was one of the first and most 
deeply interested in Mr. Inger, and made a careful 
study of the young man's life and works. Later, the 
Eev. Mr. Castro was one of a formal committee of 
clergymen and teachers who examined Inger for days, 
and pronounced his work not only sincere, but won- 
derful. 

The following is the opinion about Inger of Mr. 
Larkin, Director of the Mount Lowe Astronomical 
Observatory : 

"Of course I believe that Mr. Inger hears the voice 
speaking in the interior of his brain, and in regions 
of cells connected with hearing." 

The San Francisco Examiner prints the following : 

"Archie J. Inger, a boy in years, but a man in 
ordinary intellect, a youth of humble origin, has pro- 
duced an interpretation of the revelation of the New 
Testament book of St. John that is astounding to 
doctors of divinity and trained theologians. 

"This amazing document, running upwards of 
100,000 words, is strikingly phrased and bears the 
stamp of thought far beyond the normal action of 
this youthful mind." 

The next day, the day designated for our second 
meeting, Mr. Inger arrived promptly at the appointed 
time. We went directly to my room. After the cus- 
tomary greetings, and the expression of my pleasure 
at again meeting him, I spoke of the encomiums he 
had received from the Press, and especially from 



The Submissive Life 33 

such men as the Kev. Mr. Castro, of Yale, and Pro- 
fessor Larkin. 

"Yes," he responded in his simple youthful way, 
"after many interviews by most eminent divines and 
some business men interested in religious matters, a 
committee was formed among them, and through 
their generosity I was able to publish my book. They 
also sent me on my way to fulfill a mission on which 
the Redeemer had sent me. Blessings be unto them !" 

After this statement, Archie remained silent for 
quite a few minutes. 

"The Holy Ones are with us here," he said, "let 
us join hands and ask whether they wish to com- 
municate with us." 

While I was wondering at this new phase in our 
interview, Archie spoke thus: 

"Our dear Father Jehovah, and our beloved 
Brother Christ, if this meeting has been planned by 
you and you desire to grant a message may you cause 
us to receive it in all humility and understanding. 
Amen." 

The prophet seemed to listen to some interior voice 
and thus spake : 

"Jehovah rejoices in this meeting; your coming to- 
gether has been prepared long since. He sends you 
His blessings. A great work awaits you, and for its 
accomplishment thoroughly devoted souls in greatest 
submission to the will of Jehovah are needed. They 
must be willing to obey all commandments in the 



M The Submissive Life 

face of danger, even of death. The great work to 
be done is the regeneration of humanity. Man has 
departed from God inasmuch as he is permitted to 
do. The road leading to the fulfillment of this great 
work is, and will be for some time, unknown to you. 
However, you will be guided on the Path in measure 
as the progress of the work necessitates. The road 
to be followed has been laid out from the commence- 
ment. The direction of this great work of redemp- 
tion has been entrusted by Jehovah to His beloved 
son, Jesus of Nazareth. Know ye, that Jesus of 
Nazareth is the Highest of Souls from this creation. 
Be ye under His direction, and with the same waters 
of Heaven be ye baptized and bound together. Meet 
together as often as possible to establish a perfect 
union. Eevelation of great import will be given you 
when that union is established." 

Archie described several interesting visions that 
came to him in regard to work we, seemingly, had 
to do together. I will not relate these visions here. 
We chatted a little while longer and soon went down 
to luncheon. When Mr. Inger departed he promised 
to call again in a few days. 

In one of these meetings at my room, the Prophet 
gave out the following as if the Holy Ones, as he 
calls them, had been reading my thoughts while 
meditating upon the themes given forth at some of 
these private meetings. He spoke thus : 

"Greeting to you, our children ! The Elder Brother 



The Submissive Life 35 

is much concerned in regard to your meeting together 
here. This is not strange, as you will know when 
understanding better the workings of Heaven's laws 
regulating the intercourse of the Holy Ones with 
the men of Earth." 

Mr. Inger then continued to relate that all created 
things and beings must of necessity grow, live and 
die in accordance with the perfect law of Heaven. 
They all fulfill submissively their allotted destiny, 
rocks, plants and animals alike. Man, he stated, is 
the only exception to this rule, the sole created being 
who may live aside of this perfect law, disobey its 
dictates, for man has been granted a free will, a self 
will. He is permitted to map out his own life, good 
or bad, live in submission or in disobedience to the 
moral law — the law of God. 

'^Yhen man, or a nation, or a continent of nations, 
abusing of this free-will privilege, departs from God, 
forsaking Him as much as they are permitted, then 
Jesus of Xazareth, Jehovah's beloved son, becomes 
the Mediator between man and his God. 

"Jesus, having lived among men on earth, knows 
of man's self -willfulness and imperfections, causing 
untold suffering to the weak, through the loss or spoli- 
ation of their inheritance. And these sufferings He, 
Himself, feels in the very depth of His loving heart. 
He influences men upon the earth to be just, to be 
moral, to be loving and to return to God. 

"The Christ in His exalted state may influence 



36 The Submissive Life 

personally and speak directly to only such chosen 
men on earth as have given up their self wills, have 
unbounded faith in God, live in entire submission to 
Him, their lives being pure and holy. These chosen 
people, to whom Christ may thus speak directly, are 
the Prophets. 

"The Prophets in turn become mediators between 
Jesus and Man. Furthermore, to help in the great 
work of redemption, many worthy and privileged 
souls are being unfolded daily and become mediators 
between the Prophet and Man." 

The following sentences impressed me greatly, as 
they seemed to open a new field of study in scientific 
psychology : 

"Remember ye this, Our children, that we, even 
who stand behind the Throne, in order to convey the 
will of the Father and of the Redeemer to the chil- 
dren on Earth, are powerless, save by means of a 
human battery, the elements of which are, firstly; 
The Prophets; secondly, the chosen and privileged 
souls who live in entire submission and obedience to 
the commandments of the Redeemer. 

"On your physical plane, or world, messages are 
conveyed along lines connected with batteries. These 
batteries are composed of individual elements or cells. 
The more elements these batteries contain, the greater 
their strength, the longer the distance the messages 
may be conveyed. And similar is the law in our 
Spiritual world. The more numerous the elements, 



The Submissive Life 37 

human elements in a battery, and the greater the 
number of these human batteries grow to be, the 
easier may the commandments of Heaven be trans- 
mitted to the understanding of Earth. Hence the 
first need of the good work now going on in your 
world, is the calling together of worthy human beings 
or cells, form them into numerous batteries, and con- 
necting them in thought and act to a central group 
appointed by the Christ. This central group will be 
like the switch-board of a physical power house from 
which all the currents are sent unto their special mis- 
sion. The Christ, through His Holy Angels, will 
direct the divine influences wherever poor humanity 
is in greatest need of redemption. Amen." 

This is the spirit if not the exact letter of Eevela- 
tion given forth by the young Prophet at our last 
reunion in my room at the hotel in Los Angeles. 



CHAPTER IV. 

AS IT IS ABOVE SO IT IS BELOW ; AS IT IS IN 
HEAVEN" SO IT IS ON EARTH 

In all justice, I must confess that such a message, 
with its deep significance, was entirely unexpected 
by me. After our customary luncheon, I retired 
to my room and set thinking seriously about these 
last utterances of the young Prophet. Slowly a deep 
meditative spirit crept over me. 

"Like a switch-board in our physical power- 
house," I continued to repeat "batteries composed 
of elements or cells — a current along lines conveying 
messages to man — The more elements in a battery 
the greater the potential." 

The revealments of electrical science now coursed 
through my mind with rapidity. What connection 
might there well be between electrical science and 
the laws of God in their mysterious manifestation 
upon earth, especially in their direct influence upon 
man? May these investigations result in a further 
proof of the truth of the occult saying, so thoroughly 
accepted in the Orient "As it is above so it is below. 
As it is in Heaven so it is on Earth f Gradually, 
deeper, did I sink into meditation. My mind ran 

38 



The Submissive Life 39' 

thus: "God is surely the all pervading element of 
the Universe. He is perfect, He is all in all! His 
creation is perfect, and the law that brought it into 
existence is perfect. Hence, God can have no in- 
centive whatever to interfere directly with His own 
perfect creation. 

Christ, one of the elements of God's creation, has 
evolved from amidst the multitudinous creative man- 
ifestations of a higher type, to the Sublime Mag- 
nificence of Son of God, sitting on the Throne near- 
est His Father, partaking, in the highest degree, of 
all His divine attributes, power, and understanding. 
May we not consider the Christ, then, as the trans- 
mitter, at first hand, of these powers of understand- 
ing, to the intelligent creations below Him — His fel- 
low men ? 

Continuing to delve ever deeper in the occult say- 
ing: "As it is in Heaven so it is on Earth" and with 
awe lest I be irreverent, the question squarely posed 
itself before me, May I without sacrilege make the 
following comparison? The Spirit of the Godhead 
permeates all that is, in Heaven and on Earth. That 
other mysterious force we call Magnetism fills all 
interplanetary space, permeates all that is known of 
Creation, things and beings ! Magnetism or mag- 
netic force cannot be confined or insulated or con- 
trolled by man. It seems to be the universal reser- 
voir of all force, perhaps of all substance. Its lines 
of force travel, with immeasurable rapidity, through 



40 The Submissive Life 

infiinite space, led on by attraction and repulsion, 
due to polarization. And through this never ceasing 
activity, operating according to the perfect law of 
God, the Suns and Stars and Worlds are kept in 
place, and made to revolve in harmony with this 
perfect law; and thus in obedience and submission 
do they proceed on their never ceasing pilgrimage, 
Joward their ultimate and ever mysterious destiny. 

Continuing its musings my mind was led to follow 
up the preceding train of thought in this wise. 

"Next in power to the magnetic force of the uni- 
verse comes the electrical force. Electricity is the 
child, a derivative of magnetism. If we place an 
obstacle to the swift course of the magnetic lines 
of force, running between the poles of a magnet — a 
revolving armature for instance — this interference 
with the rapidity of the vibratory motion of these 
magnetic lines of force, will transform them into, 
and produce, electricity. Hence, electricity is of a 
lower potential than magnetism, for electricity may 
be controlled by man, even in its highest known po- 
tential. It may be insulated, bottled up as it were 
in the Leyden Jar, stored in powerful accumulators 
or batteries. In its lowest potential, as positively 
ascertained by physical science, electricity becomes 
the beneficent, and the very life-giving principle, 
of all existences. However, the rapidity of the vibra- 
tory motion of the electrical current is inconceivable, 
and utterly destructive in its highest tension. 



The Submissive Life 41 

May we be permitted to give here a table of vi- 
brations borrowed from the book, "Balthazar the 
Magus" followed by a few remarks intended to 
make our thesis as clear as possible to the reader. 
The vibrations of electricity in this table are shown 
to run from thirty-three million to thirty-four thou- 
sand million vibrations in a second of time. 

TABLE OF VIBRATIONS. 
Whose effects are recognized and studied. 

Number of Vibrations per second. 

ist Octave 2 

2d " 4 

3d " 8 

4th " 16 Sound. 

5th " 32 

6th " 64 

7th " 128 

8th " 256 

9th " 512 

10th " 1,024 " 

15th " , 32,768 

20th " 1,047,576 Unknown. 

25th " 33,554,432 Electricity. 

30th " 1,073,751,824 

35th " 34,359,738,368 

40th " 1,099,51 1,627,776 Unknown. 

45th " 35,184,372,088,832 

46th " 70,368,744,177,644 Heat. 

47th " 140,737,468,355,328 

48th " 281,474,9/6,710,656 

49th " 562,949,953,421,312 Light. 

50th " 1,125,899,906,842,624 Chemical Rays. 

51st " 2,251,799,813,685,248 Unknown. 

57th " 144,115,188,075,855,872 

58th " 288,230,376,151,711,744 X-Rays. 

59th " 576,460,752,303,423,488 

60th " 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 

61st " 2,305,843,009,213,693,952 

62d " 4,611,686,618,427,389,904 Unknown. 



3:2 The Submissive Life 

From this table we perceive that modern, positive 
material science has stated and proved the existence 
of a definite number of vibrations which, in a single 
second of time, manifest themselves in a manner 
which absolutely surpasses human comprehension. 
The most important fact shown by these physical 
experiments is, that the force which produces the 
vibrations, increases in strength in direct ratio with 
their number. Let me give you an example which 
will prove the incomprehensible power of cosmic 
energy. Suppose a cord to be stretched horizontally, 
and attached to two fixed posts. Draw the cord to 
you with sufficient force so that when you release 
it, it will make sixteen movements in one second of 
time, that is to say, it will vibrate sixteen times, 
then you will hear the lowest sound the human ear 
is capable of receiving. To obtain a higher note, 
that is, to create a greater number of vibrations, it 
is necessary to exert a proportionally greater force in 
snapping the cord. 

We see, by the table, that the vibrations from the 
twenty-fifth octave to the thirty-fifth octave, consti- 
tute the electric current. How prodigious must be 
the energy which can send this current in the twenty- 
eighth part of a second along the trans-atlantic or 
trans-pacific cables — from one hemisphere to an- 
other ! 

However, let us cast a glance at the number of vi- 
brations, really bewildering, of the fifty-eighth to the 



The Submissive Life 43 

sixty-first octaves producing the X-rays. What are 
these X-rays ? They are simply the rays of the elec- 
tric current introduced into a tube where a nearly 
absolute vacuum has been produced, thus eliminat- 
ing all interferences with the natural velocity of 
the vibratory motion of the current. This freedom 
of action permits the current to diffuse itself into 
multitudinous, and somewhat mysterious rays as yet, 
but endowed with a power of penetration capable of 
rendering visible many substances absolutely unper- 
ceivable by the human eye. And still these rays are 
the children, the offspring of electricity, the legitimate 
grandchildren of magnetism. 

In view of all these evidences, might we not be per- 
mitted to conceive the Omnipresent magnetic force 
permeating the entire physical Universe, as the Om- 
nipotent Physical Force of the same Universe, gov- 
erning and giving life to all its multitudinous crea- 
tions? Moreover, inasmuch as the electric force 
passing through an artificially produced "vacuum" 
is increased inconceivably in its penetrating poten- 
tial, may we not reasonably assume that the mag- 
netic lines of force, passing through the natural 
"vacuum" ascertained by science to exist in all inter- 
planetary, yea in all interstellar space, undergo a 
mode of transformation similar to that of the electric 
current projected in vacuum, thereby increasing also 
this magnetic force to an absolute universal physical 
potential ? 



44 The Submissive Life 

And still how gentle this destructive electric cur- 
rent may become at the hand of man! By placing 
a series of well calculated interferences, even in the 
most powerful current, it is pleased to be of obedient 
service. It lights our cities and our homes. It runs 
our street cars, heats our cooking vessels, and irons 
our clothes — and what not? By what means does 
man acquire control over this inconceivable power, 
reduce its destructive possibilities of death, and force 
it into a docile submission to his commands ? 

Man, through indefatigable researches and study, 
has invented numberless metallic and other contri- 
vances, compelling this terrible agent of destruction 
to step down from its high estate, and force it into 
obedience and service. These contrivances and de- 
vices lowering so effectually the immense potential 
of electromotive force, have been named Trans- 
formers, yea, Step-down Transformers, and are in 
universal use in electrical science. 

And now may we be allowed to set forth some hy- 
pothesis, surmises or suggestions perhaps, which have 
taken in our mind, as a result of our deep and 
most sincere meditations? We say not conclusions, 
lest we might appear irreverent. 

If "it is above as it is below" ; if "it is in Heaven 
as it is on Earth" might the Divine Immanence 
not be conveyed from Heaven to man, to the animal, 
to the plant, to the mineral by a similar process of 
transformation, a hallowed lowering of the Divine 



The Submissive Life 45 

potential ? If "no man can see God and live," is it 
not, perhaps, because the Divine Magnificence in 
its highest potential, coming in direct contact with 
man — if this were possible — would immediately, 
through instantaneous spiritualization, re-integrate, 
absorb, hence utterly dematerialize man, matter be- 
ing thus spontaneously transformed into spirit, its 
original source whence all things emanate ? 

Here again looms up a dangerously looking irrev- 
erent phase ; but thought, undismayed, will ever pro- 
ceed on its upward journey when, in its innermost 
consciousness, it knows to be thoroughly imbued with 
all possible veneration, in its sincere and humble 
searching for the truth, yea, a reaching out with sub- 
missive heart, towards God, the tender loving Father 
of us all! The spiritual man accepts the dogma of 
Divine Immanence. God's effulgence undeniably 
permeates all that is — nothing can exist outside of 
God. It glories in its highest potential in Heaven! 
In its lowest potential it dwells in the mineral on 
earth, passing through man, animal and the vegeta- 
ble reign. How and in what manner did and does 
this descent take place ? Was it and is it not possi- 
bly through the processes of transformation? This 
descent of Divine Immanence to a lower potential 
is undoubtedly proceeding in accord with the perfect 
law of God. Equally so, is the transformation of 
the incomprehensible power of the magnetic force, 
from its highest potential to the low voltage of the 



3:6 The Submissive Life 

incandescent lamp, to the life-giving principle ani- 
mating the monera, the unicellular infusorae, the 
Algoe — yea, this process is also ruled by perfect law. 

And what are these laws? The First Law is the 
Omnipotent Law of Spirit, controlling and directing 
all the manifestations of the Divine Essence in its 
Infinite and never ending activity. The Second 
Law is the Omnipotent Law of Physical Force, direct- 
ing and controlling all matter in its endless trans- 
formations, in accordance and in harmony with the 
Supreme FIAT of the Eternal Spirit ! 

May there be, we ask in all humility, any irrev- 
erence trying to establish a parallel between those 
two perfectly divine laws, both laws decreed by the 
Almighty Himself in His eternal "FIAT," and 
made to rule over all His children, over all that is ? 
NO ! In protest we utter a gigantic NO ! We feel, 
on the contrary, that by this comparison, by this rev- 
erent search for truth, we have grown nearer to God 
through the understanding of the laws that bind 
us to Him, laws unfolding and testifying to His lov- 
ing care ! Knowing Him better by a closer approach, 
we are made to appreciate evermore the Majesty 
of His Omniscience, His Omnipotence, for, through 
the operation of these divine laws, He reaches down 
to the heart and soul of His children ; descends into 
the lowest manifestations of His creation, into the 
most seemingly insignificant animal or plant or rock 
of earth. In these latter he takes His abode, patient- 



The Submissive Life 47 

ly awaiting their call for help, to aid them along on 
their evolutionary and eternally progressive road. 

Furthermore, in our sublime flights into the realm 
of legitimate soul-dreams, we seem to perceive our 
Divine Father, sitting in full glory and majesty on 
His resplendent throne! We see Him extending 
towards earth, in effulgent radiations, His paternal 
arms, enfolding in one gigantic, supreme embrace, 
all the things and beings His loving heart has cre- 
ated, and still continues to create. We see Him, in 
our enchanting reverie, taking from His own Divine 
bosom, hands full of scintillating jewels, dispersing 
them into the endles void, as so many Suns and 
Stars slowly gathering into glowing galaxies and 
with these irridescent constellations He brilliantly 
illuminates His vast universe! We perceive these 
luminous bodies navigating with inconceivable swift- 
ness in the midst of the limitless ocean of magnetic 
lines of force encircling the Eternal Throne! In 
their stormy course we see them constantly cutting 
these lines of force, interfering with the rapidity of 
their vibratory motion, and like so many brilliantly 
illuminated armatures revolving in the midst of the 
magnetic fields of infinite space, transforming their 
lines of force into electrical force with which they 
surround and clothe themselves and have their being. 
And this electrical force, when these celestial arm- 
atures in their furibond course through ceons of ages 
shall have become planets, yes, this very electrical 



^8 The Submissive Life 

force will be the sustaining power of all the life 
that will spring forth from their bosom, and these 
changes and mutations are produced by and in accord 
with that divine law of God : The law of Divine and 
Eternal Transformation. 

Another phase of Divine Law now confronts us. 
Dur soul, however, rejoices at the cognizance that 
the entire magnetic force filling the universal reser- 
yoir of space, is not lessened in the least by the num- 
berless celestial armatures revolving in its bosom, nor, 
by the dynamos of earth's multiplied industries, all of 
these constantly transforming its lines of force into a 
lower force, into electricity. And equally does our 
soul rejoice in the understanding that the Divine 
Presence is ever and everywhere manifest in the 
entire Univercoelum ; that it abides with us always 
in its absolute purest, highest and holiest potential, 
a potential never lessened through descent into its 
multitudinous creations; that the noblest souls of 
earth may continue, hopefully, through prayer, pure 
and holy lives, lofty aspiration and submission to 
the will of the Heavenly Father, to attract directly, 
absorb, assimilate and become permeated with the 
Divine Magnificence until they grow to be real 
children of God, devoted servants of the Eternal. 

The spiritualization of the human soul, this grad- 
ual climbing up to God, must of necessity, also be 
accomplished through a perfect law of the Father. 



The Submissive Life 49 

May there not be lurking on earth a law illustrating 
the processes of this upward reaching and attain- 
ment ? Perhaps we may find this law in the same 
electrical field we have studied before, running also 
parallel with the law of Heaven. 

The spiritualization of a human soul, its approach- 
ing step by step to its Father, is again exemplified 
by our electric "transformers," this time step-up 
transformers as utilized in every-day life on earth. 
These step-up transformers, by a series of appro- 
priate contrivances, increase the electrical voltage 
or electrical motive force to a higher power, to a 
more rapid mode of vibration, to a greater potential. 

The aforementioned is another instance of the 
truth of the occult law so little understood, so 
divinely true and of so potent an importance in all 
manifestation of the Universal Law "As it is above 
so it is below. As it is in in Heaven so is it on 
Earth/' Amen. 



CHAPTEK V 

REVELATIONS GIVEN BY THE PROPHET IN THE 
NAPA MOUNTAINS 

The time had now come for my journey home- 
ward. I met the prophet a last time. It was not 
without a degree of mutual emotion that we shook 
hands before we parted. He promised to call on 
me at San Francisco as soon as he would arrive 
there, which he expected would be in a short time. 
At the moment of our last farewell, Archie placed 
his hand before his eyes and uttered these words: 

"I see two white sheep led on by the Good Shep- 
herd, over a barren rocky field. These sheep seem 
to be blind, by the way they act trying to find their 
path. At a goodly distance ahead of them I see 
luxurious fields of beautiful green pastures, sprin- 
kled with many wild flowers. Toward these green 
pastures the good Shepherd seems to direct these 
sheep. 7 ' 

Eemoving his hand from his eyes, Archie again 
much moved, bid me good-bye. 

On the trip homeward, the steamer taking twenty- 
four hours to reach San Francisco, ample time was 
afforded to reflect upon my meeting with the young 

50 



The Submissive Life 51 

Prophet. Slowly, all the incidents, of our more 
than two weeks almost steady intercourse, filed be- 
fore my memory. The uplifting and highly spir- 
itual philosophy enunciated in his lectures, his in- 
teresting conversations at my room, the extraordi- 
nary revelation given there concerning the way God 
communicates with man, communications of trans- 
cendent and somewhat scientific import. Added to 
this, I considered the endorsement given the Prophet 
in his claims by such eminent men as the Reverend 
Geo. D. Castro, Doctor of Philosophy at Yale, and 
several other persons of note I met. Again I re- 
membered the fact that several ministers of the 
Gospel, accompanied by newspaper correspondents, 
had gone twice to the young prophet to interview 
him with the secret purpose of exposing to ridicule 
the exalted claims extolled in his book, "The Revel- 
ations of St. John." The outcome of these inter- 
views had been that the ministers had gone away 
in wonder, and the newspaper men had remained 
silent. 

Furthermore, I could not forget the extraordinary 
life, trials and ordeals the young prophet had gone 
through in his early years, seemingly to make him 
realize how much suffering may be heaped on poor 
helpless humanity, and thus arouse the tenderest 
sympathies of his young heart. Weighing carefully 
the pro's and cons, especially the cons or argu- 
ments against it, I could not help but be convinced, 



52 The Submissive Life 

that the young Prophet had good and substantial 
reasons to believe, as stated in his book, that he had 
been commissioned by the Redeemer to preach to the 
people of Earth, their redemption and deliverance 
through the coming of the Christ announced as now 
near at hand. 

But as our old professor of geometry used to 
state when explaining the theorem that "In any 
right-angled triangle, the square of the base plus 
the square of the height is equal to the square of the 
hypothenuse" he added sententiously : "Which re- 
mains to be proven." 

"We also will watch and note what the future will 
reveal concerning the claims of Archie J. Inger, our 
dear young Prophet. 

Three weeks after my return home, I received the 
following short epistle: 

Los Angeles, Calfornia, March 28, 1910. 
"My dear friend : 

"I ask constantly the Supreme Being to take care 
of you and protect you. 

"I will not write more this time as I expect to 
start for San Francisco at the beginning of next 
week, I will see you then. 

"Oh ! how much my heart rejoices to meet you 
again, I cannot express. 

"Will the Holy Ones vouchsafe us any more mes- 
sages ? 



The Submissive Life 53 

"Your friend forever according to God's plan, 

"Abchie." 

The 6th day of April, 1910, Archie came to San 
Francisco. Glad indeed did we feel at our reunion. 
He told of his increased success in Los Angeles and 
neighboring towns; of the large attendance at his 
lectures, etc. While in my room he felt impelled 
to write the following: 

! "Woe. Woe! unto the Earth, and also Peace." 
There appears now the Truth and the False to- 
gether; the false Prophet and the true one. There 
shall arise a terrible false Prophet in Europe, who 
will unite with the Dragon of Eome, the Catholic 
Church, and bow down the great powers of Europe 
at whose hands'* will fall and the nobles will flee 
to America. So America must be got ready, and 
the Servants of God sealed on their foreheads. 
England, Russia, Prussia and Austria, the four 
angels united to check the war of Napoleon shall 
soon let go, and such time cometh as have not been 
known; so sayeth the Lord who is here to bear you 
through + £> complete His work. Fear not this for 
my children: Nay, even death shall claim neither 
of you until I have accomplished my purpose. 
Amen." 

The young Prophet appearing much fatigued; I 



*Here was given the name of a nation, which we feel it 
would be unbecoming to mention. 



[54 The Submissive Life 

proposed that he accompany me to my ranch in the 
Napa Mountains, for a few days rest. He accepted 
readily. We agreed to start on April the 9th. 

"I will introduce you/' I told him, "to a place 
I have named my 'Sanctuary/ because I wrote my I 
three books there. I own six hundred and forty 
acres of the most beautiful rock you have ever seen, 
and a mountain two thousand feet high, Mount 
George, looming up majestically in the midst of it. 
Many lovely springs gush forth from the roofs, 
giving an abundance of the purest water on earth, 
permeated with life-giving radiations; an atmo- 
sphere unequalled for its mildness and tonic prop- 
erties, and from the front porch of the 'Sanctuary/ 
an enchanting vista covering a range of fifty miles, 
will meet your wondering eye. You will see the 
fertile Napa Valley in its entire length, with its 
silvery river, electric railways, prosperous farms, its 
feet bathing in the San Francisco bay, its head 
calmly resting on the bosom of Mount St. Helena. 

"So you see, my dear Prophet, you will have 
abundant room for all the evolutions you may wish 
to disport, affording you the physical exercise you 
seem badly to need. When your mood will run to 
meditation, a comfortable rocking chair, on the front 
porch, will bring you face to face with the loveliest 
spot of natural beauty imaginable. The coast range 
of mountains will draw its picturesque line on the 



The Submissive Life 55 

transparent azure of the bluest of blue California 
skies. No more appropriate spot could be found for 
holy meditation or communion." 

At this moment, Archie waved one hand at me 
as if asking for silence; the other hand he placed 
before his eyes. He spoke as follows: 

"I see three holy men going through the ceremony 
of consecrating your 'Sanctuary' to our work. There, 
Jehovah will vouchsafe the needed Eevelations or 
instructions to carry out His proposed plans." 

On April the 9th, the day appointed for our trip, 
we arrived at the ranch at 2 P. M. We proceeded 
immediately to arrange things as comfortable as 
possible. We found, however, that taking advan- 
tage of my long absence, some kind visitors to my 
springs and mountain, had broken into the house 
and carried away bedding and other articles. The 
following note, written in large letters and good 
hand, was left on the dining-room table by the un- 
invited visitors: 

"We thank you, dear Sir, for the hospitality we 
have enjoyed for several days in your comfortable 
country home. We regret much not to have found a 
larger amount of provisions in your storeroom which 
Dbliged us, to our great regret, to leave you sooner. 
Pardon us for taking a few souvenirs ; we may assure 



56 The Submissive Life 

you that they will always cause us to remember your 
home with a delightful sense of humor. 

"Very respectfully and with love, Ah ! Ah ! 
A No. 1 and his pall. 
Graduates of the University of Get-all-you-can, arte 
don't give a d " 

We had a splendid opportunity then and there, 
Archie and I, to exercise our patience, and to put 
into practice, by strenuous effort, the advice of An- 
drew Jackson Davis : "Under all circumstances keep 
an even mind." 

At eve we took seats around the warm stove, for 
it was a cold night, trying to find rest, compose our- 
selves, meditate a little and then retire. The spirit, 
however, suddenly overshadowed Archie and feeling 
the strong influence, he spoke the following invoca- 
tion: 

"O ! Infinite Father, surround us with thy angels ! 
Wilt thou absorb our wills unto thine own ? We are 
weak but thou art able; guide us by Thy powerful 
hand. Inspire us with Faith, hope, constancy and 
charity. O! God, in the name of Christ, make us 
one with Thee, with Him and with the Angels — 
Amen! 

"Thou must be of the Highest," spake Archie un- 
der inspiration, "and though Hell shall be arrayed 
against you it shall lose its battle, and then measure 



The Submissive Life 57 

thy victory with thy sorrows, knowing that good is 
to conquer. 

"Remember," continued the Spirit through Archie, 
"that Jesus of Nazareth is the highest of soul from 
this creation. Be ye under His direction, and with 
the same waters of Heaven be you baptized and 
bound together." 

Then Archie beheld a vision in a beautiful efful- 
gent white light. From a point high in air there 
issued a number of silver cords going in many direc- 
tions ending in separate individuals in all parts of 
the earth. As the invisible hands, that held these 
cords in space, ascended higher and higher, the in- 
dividuals to which these cords were attached seemed 
to be pulled closer and closer together, framing the 
many, as it appeared, in one grand family. Then 
a voice, sweet as of heaven spoke "you are the 
parental center, and around you will you gather 
many children." 

The next day was Sunday. Archie rose early 
and through brush and shrub wound his way to the 
top of Mount George. He returned very fatigued 
but delighted, and partook of a hearty meal. After 
a little rest he started out again, rambled over a 
great part of the ranch, gathering many flowers of 
which he was very fond. He often exclaimed when 
selecting a specimen from the bouquet he had gath- 
ered: "Oh! I must paint this one, and that one! 
Perhaps you do not know as yet, my dear brother," 



58 The Submissive Life 

he said addressing me, "that I make a living for my 
mother and my little brothers by painting china- 
ware, plates, vases, and other objects, often receiv 
ing orders to decorate table services for wedding 
gifts for wealthy people. These mountain flowers 
will be something original, they are so bright in 
colors and so comely in shape." 

And in this wise was spent the first real day at 
the ranch. 

Sunday Evening, April 10th, 7 P. M. 

After an eloquent invocation the following was 
given through the young prophet: 

"Your first work. Search me out a worthy num- 
ber. This number I have already called who live in 
all parts of the Earth. I will bring them, one by 
one, unto you, and they shall be tried and chosen. 
You will lead, gradually, to the climax of your work, 
hardly able to realize its glorious fulfillment, when 
in a twinkling of an eye, like the opening of a bud, 
it will beam forth suddenly. 

"Fear not my children; this is a work known 
from the beginning. Ye are but chosen to take part 
because you are willing, and when you have found 
my chosen number, I will send them over the sur- 
face of the Earth, and endow them with power to 
shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their 
prophecy. And they shall prophesy three and a half 



The Submissive Life 59 

years before every town, nation and people, that man 
knoweth that I am God. 

"It is designed that thou, the elder Brother, shalt 
see these great things. Tremble not because of thy 
age, we shall add to it year by year. We are yet to 
astonish men through thee. 

"And then shall the end come, the end of all 
nations, and there shall be one more Universal Em- 
pire; and over the world shall be set one king; 
and it shall be so always, and that time cometh 
within two more generations when all this shall be 
fulfilled. 

"The blessing of Jehovah rests upon your heads. 
It will never forsake thee nor lose sight of thee. In 
the name of the Great Redeemer! Amen! 

Monday Evening, April 11th. 

After the invocation, the following was given 
through Archie relating to himself: 

"'Whatsoever Jehovah said unto us we will trans- 
mit unto thee. He hath pronounced thee His humble 
servant, saying: 'Let the Angels rejoice, there is a 
man-child born unto the Kingdom.' 

"Listen to what we say unto thee. Say unto the 
people this is the commandment of Jehovah; that I 
find no submission in the hearts of men. But, not- 
withstanding, that you have disobeyed Me, O ! Earth, 
through you my children I will give to the world 



60 The Submissive Life 

just warning before that I overthrow you all. Now 
my children, when I have called you all together, 
then shall I send some of you unto every city and 
warn and plead, and whosoever rejects, I shall cause 
them to smite each other, but whosoever receiveth 
I will spare. So said the Lord. 

"Now unto you, the elder Brother. Commence in 
thy letters unto thy friends in Europe, for with them 
thou canst be bold and neither will harm come to 
thee. Tell them thou hast heard from Jehovah and 
that not only Europe but the world stands at the 
Gate of Judgment; that they are all found wanting. 
Say unto them; that if Europe be spared, the sacri- 
fice and hardships must be borne on the shoulders of 
Royalty, for the poor the Lord hath already received, 
not from their worthiness but for their suffering. 

"At first, my child, they will receive thy word 
with caution and in bewilderment; give thee slight 
heed, but a calamity which is hovering over Europe 
will cause them fright and they will turn to thee 
with outstretched arms. Unless thou sayest these 
words unto them, they would know no shepherd 
when this time cometh. 

"I will put about your heads a rainbow and give 
you a diadem of power wherewith to smite and 
build the earth. 

"The great result cometh in three years but will 
be seen in the overturning of all things — not one 
thing — at which the world will become -alarmed, 



The Submissive Life 61 

thinking that disaster threatens civilization, but not 
disaster, only a struggle of death, a renewal of Life 
and then Peace. Peace I say unto you everlasting! 

"In so short a space of time there cometh mes- 
sengers to overshadow the Elder Brother with the 
writing of a very small book which we have named 
"The Submissive Life/ In this will they find a 
guide unto me. 

"Ye will find many times to feel impatient, but 
worry not, it shall all come to pass." 

Before we arose to retire, the following sentences 
were given in addition to the foregoing in answer to 
desultory conversation in regard to these revelations 
and in connection with ourselves. 

"As a gardener pruneth his trees I will prune the 
Earth." 

"Much has been given you, much will be required 
of you!" 

"No man hath friends except he who hath us." 

Tuesday, April 12, 1910, 7:30 P. M. 

Archie made the following invocation: 
"O ! God, wilt Thou make our desire Thy desire. 
Permit us, O! Eather, not to be only brothers to 
mankind, but as foster-parents unto them. Cause 
us to see, O ! God, as we are seen, help us to put no 
false values upon things, but to view all things as 
they are. Help us never to forget ourselves and 



62 The Submissive Life 

our duties toward men. Give us to realize our re- 
sponsibilities and strength that we may never for- 
sake them. This we ask, O! Father, and all else 
that our wisdom may not be sufficient to see as neces- 
sary; but Thou knowest and we will depend upon 
Thee. All these blessings in the name of Truth 
and Mercy and Justice, we beseech Thee to grant 
us. Amen." 

Message. 

"Very important decisions have been settled upon 
to-day, and your coming here shall be a seed to many 
wonders! If we told you all, its magnitude would 
make you doubtful, therefore Jehovah bids us with- 
hold, but in proper time you shall know all. 

"We will use you to catch all things at its point 
of overturning. Therefore must we quietly and 
modestly, as always becomes the Spirit, bring the 
younger brother gradually into prominence; and all 
who expect to find favor with the people and with 
God, must receive his work as coming from Mfe. 

"The Prophet must continue to speak. 

"In the United States he must reform Christi- 
anity; and when this is reformed the work is ac- 
complished; we will give him sufficient material. 
He must show the folly of law. He must expose the 
condition of almshouses, asylums, reformatories, hos- 
pitals and prisons. Thy Angels weep from beholding 



The Submissive Life 63 

the cruelties practised there. They force wickedness 
to exist upon the Earth and to make criminals for 
society, and punish without forgiveness. The things 
that exist there we will reveal to you, and bring to 
you eye-witnesses that you may prove your asser- 
tions. The public is blind and must be enlightened. 

"Keep ye close together when opportunity will 
permit, for our Message here is now about finished. 
There are needed things for my prophet to do. 

"Be ye careful and trouble not Jehovah by things 
you should not know before the time. 

"With this we bless thee ten fold. Amen." 

Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 P. M. 

Invocation. 
Message through Archie. 

"Oh ! my children, when ye are launched into this 
work, ye become as ships upon the ocean ; ye have no 
landmarks; 'the Light of God' is your compass, 
salvation your destiny, and with this alone ye learn 
to work. Lay your burdens upon Jehovah, and he 
will carry them. Your words shall be fulfilled. Be 
ye careful what ye say, and speak always good things 
for the Lord to fulfill. Messengers shall be sent to 
expose all deceptions of the Earth and bring them 
to the surface; and all men will work by a spirit, 
some under evil, some under good, but henceforth 



64 The Submissive Life 

God will control them both, for henceforth neither 
good nor evil shall remain hidden. 

"The younger Brother will become discouraged 
through the lack of patience. We warn him against 
that time. We will give the elder Brother sufficient 
health, and though the body cannot be made young 
again, it can be given strength. We can spare any 
man. 

"We rejoice that ye have received so readily. We 
are with you always unto the end of things ! Depart 
upon the morrow ; it is time. 

"Now join ye your hands while the younger 
Brother pronounces the Lord's Prayer!" The 
Lord's Prayer was pronounced by Archie with pro- 
found emotion. 

"Good night, we say unto you good night." 

The next day, April 14th, we started for home, 
Archie going to Oakland, I to San Francisco. 



CHAPTEE VI 

MOKE ABOUT THE PROPHET 

During those few days passed at the ranch, of close 
contact and steady observation, I was amazed to find 
in this young prophet of God a simple pure child, 
sweet, loving in nature, seemingly without any per- 
sonality or individuality whatever, content to live in 
the sunshine of Heaven, grow and blossom under it, 
instinctively obeying the Holy influences that seem 
constantly to surround him, and to a certain extent 
guide his actions without absolutely controlling them. 
He appeared more and more to me like a plant, a 
spiritual plant without any decided will of its own, 
or a self-willed, nurtured in mind and thought by 
God's angels and refreshed by the dews of Heaven. 

Archie never referred for one moment to the con- 
nection the Revelations given through him seemed to 
have established between myself and his future work. 
He appeared to have forgotten all about the state- 
ments he had uttered in this regard. 

After much thought, I could not help but become 
convinced that his mind was absolutely devoid of any 
premeditation to connect me with the Revelations, 
revelations he claimed, having for their sole mission 

65 



66 The Submissive Life 

the redemption of the greater part of the people from 
their actual condition of utter selfishness, and, as a 
consequence, or primarily so, perhaps, to relieve the 
masses of their unmerited and often irremediable 
sufferings. 

A few days after our return home, Archie wrote 
me a letter stating that he had gone to Long Beach, 
California, whither he had been called in consulta- 
tion by missionaries recently returned from India, 
where they had succeeded in establishing a large and 
prospering agricultural colony of Christianized Hin- 
doos. 

During Archie's absence, lasting nearly a month, 
I worked steadily on "The Strenuous Life Spirit- 
ual,^ at the same time keeping up a voluminous 
correspondence with my European friends, especially 
of Nice, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Cape Martin, and the 
French Mediterranean shore called the Cote d' Azuv, 
also with dear friends in Paris, and the many faith- 
ful adepts of Antoine, the Belgian remarkable healer 
of Jemeppe-Sur-Meuse, with whom I had passed an 
entire month. All of these notable and many lovingly 
evolved souls had received me with open arms in their 
beautiful homes, on my late European trip, for many 
belonged to the high nobility. 

This extensive writing and correspondence, ail- 
though the latter is very lovely and interesting, had 
nevertheless overtaxed my strength. Tired and ner- 



The Submissive Life 67 

vous, I felt the need of a good, long rest, and I de- 
cided to take it at the first opportunity. 

Meanwhile, Archie had returned from Long Beach. 
He came to see me at my home, on May the 20th, 
1910. After some desultory conversation on general 
topics — (Archie did not mention the object nor the 
result of his visit to the Indian missionaries) — he 
spontaneously moved his chair closer to mine, took 
my hands, composed himself for a minute, then spoke 
as follows : 

"Again the Angels rejoice saying: 'all is well/ 
The Redeemer sends unto you his Message of prom- 
ise. 

"Work on cheerfully, my son, for ye can soon lay 
down your brushes for all time. Expect but little 
from men, yet great may be your expectation from 
Jehovah, for behold I say unto you, 'God will be 
what you take him to be; if you hole unto Him as a 
big God, behold He is that; if you limit Him, He is 
that/ Trust him then as your parent, and he shall 
turn all evil into blessings." 

A few days after this meeting, I started for Long 
Beach, the seaside resort just left by Archie. He had 
spoken so warmly of the balmy, cool summer atmo- 
sphere and peace reigning in that little city by the 
sea that I immediately made up my mind to proceed 
thither in quest of all those good things he had re- 
lated as existing there, and to Long Beach I went. 
I enjoyed very much indeed the calm reigning in that 



68 The Submissive Life 

very religious city. Two months were passed there in 
absolute rest. My health had much improved and 
I returned home in excellent spirits. 

After a few days' rest I went to see Archie at his 
mother's house in Oakland. It was on the 26th day 
of July, 1910. We were happy, of course, at our 
meeting again. After a half hour passed in relating 
our mutual doings during these two months of long 
separation, we joined hands. Archie, feeling the 
spirit overshadowing him, made a beautiful invoca- 
tion. 

Message 

"In this work, which is to be the final end of all 
things upon Earth, there are many seasons, and a 
time for each season. Each day thou art brought up 
higher in spirit, to be more and more under the con- 
trol of the Great King, Jesus of JSTazareth. He it 
was who prophesied this thing, and in Him must the 
prophesy be fulfilled, to which a new end and epoch 
will soon begin. 

"The blooming of the flower is accomplished in an 
hour, after the plant and the bud have grown. In 
this wise, and in everything, the Holiness of the Lord 
shall be known. While you write your letters, plant- 
ing here a seed and there a root, the Great Thing 
goes on. Then, there is a compiling and a drawing 
together of your efforts, when suddenly, even as the 



The Submissive Life G9 

Sun bursteth forth from behind the clouds of a fierce 
storm, so will the result of all your work be seen, 
and as suddenly. Do not, therefore, worry at all. 

"Put thy trust in the Great Jehovah's never fail- 
ing hand, for He is more powerful than all creation, 
and He called the younger Brother before he had 
taken on flesh in his mother's womb. 

"The thing to be accomplished now, is, the prophet 
must be given a center place where his family will 
not be scattered, that he and his mother will be free 
without the material fetters that now surround them. 
We will also afford a place for the Highly chosen 
to gather frequently to recharge their spirits with 
Heaven's spirit, and thus bring them closer to the 
Angels. 

The prophet is young and needs to be taught by ex- 
perience, which w 7 ould be perverted were it not for his 
hard time; but even now things have changed, and 
angels are sent to provide the material. However, 
keep on striving, for it is not well, in earthly affairs, 
to be found guilty of neglect. 

"Blessings unto you!'' 

Sunday, August 28, 11 A. M., at 1408 Carlton 
Street, West Berkeley. 

Invocation by Archie. 

Message 

"CKOWNS OE LIGHT, CKOWNS OE 



70 The Submissive Life 

GLORY, CROWNS OF SUFFERING AND 
CROWNS OF JOY, I SEE FOR THEE." 

"Selestor." 

"To God's instruments of the flesh ! 

"How clear we do speak to Thee, yet how low. 
How infinite will be our guidance, how slow, how 
even and sure. Knowest thou not why all this is, 
and our presence is not seen clearer, sometimes when 
the voice of thy soul cries out for help in words ; when 
at the times that the flesh, in its nature, forgets that 
without a word, without a sound, without a vision or 
any sign that is visible, thy affairs are in the grasp 
of our hands, that we hold them as a director, blow 
upon them as a mighty wind which cometh from 
Jehovah's nostrils, to blow them and to turn them in 
one right direction? But in all of this God said in 
the Beginning, 'Thou shalt not take away the inher- 
itance of men.' Therefore all there is to do, which is 
great and mighty, we sometimes withhold our voice, 
leading thee about, giving thee strength, wisdom 
and endurance, until thou hast done the thing we will. 

"To us no man is in bondage. We destroy no 
man's individuality, use no man as a tool, but help 
each man to be a perfect tool, and a perfect master. 

"We put the light before him, and let him take 
it in, and then he acts as it is within himself. Be 
not afraid. Thou doest well. We who command the 
winds will array thee like the flowers, so long as thy; 
heart is to do God's Will. 



The Submissive Life 71 

"To be sure, Europe is ready. Europe is old, she 
droppeth to the evening of life. Why should she not 
be ready? Behold! did not France support the 
wicked dragon of Rome the least number of years 
of any ? Why ? Because she is blessed ! 

"Angels hath gone already to prepare the way, 
while we, who are here, help to arrange material 
affairs to give wherewith. 

"Blessings unto thee ! Amen." 

"Regarding the sin you speak of, as to the ques- 
tioning of the truth of these Revelations and their 
origin, know ye this, our dear children, in the whole 
Universe of Thought, there is nothing too sacred to 
be questioned; and that which cannot withstand the 
strongest lens of criticism is not true. All that we 
will ask is that you keep your scale of judgment 
unbiased." 



CHAPTER VII 

A REVEALED PROPHECY REALIZED 

In the beginning of the month of October, 1910, 
business called me to New York, and thence to New 
Orleans. While in those cities, I corresponded with 
some of my European friends, and made them ac- 
quainted with the Prophet's work, sending to a few 
a copy of the Revelations vouchsafed to us at my 
ranch, in the Napa Mountains, and of which we 
have given only short extracts in the preceding pages. 

On my return home from the East, in February, 
1911, after about four months' absence, I wrote to 
Archie apprising him of my arrival home, at the 
same time asking when it would be convenient for 
him to receive me. The answer, expressing gladness 
at my return, stated that he would wait for me at 
such an hour and day at Berkeley, where he had 
moved with his mother and brothers. He described 
an itinerary for me to follow, leading to his house, 
"newly painted green, with white trimmings." 

And to Berkeley I went, wondering why the young 
prophet kept moving about at such regular intervals. 

Archie's new abode is quite a distance from the 
heart of the city, and I was obliged to ask my way 

72 



The Submissive Life 73 

several times of passers-by. On arriving, I found 
the house "newly painted green, with white trim- 
mings," as he had indicated. The entrance was nearly 
blockaded by several long, massive timbers. 

Of course, Archie was glad to see me, and I heart- 
ily reciprocated that feeling. After being seated I 
inquired : 

"For heaven's sake, Archie, what signifies all this 
changing about ? You seem to be afflicted with the 
moving fever ?" 

"I think we are settled now," he replied with his 
happy, youthful smile. "You will remember that 
the Holy Ones, some time ago, predicted that a home 
or central place for my mother and family was neces- 
sary, so we might not be scattered any longer. Well, 
the thing has come to pass. A friend made us a 
present of a lot, the ground upon which this house 
now stands. Soon after having received this gen- 
erous gift, we noticed, on an old house, a sign reading 
"House for sale to be removed." We bought the 
house, moved it on to this lot, you see the timbers help- 
ing the removal lying yet before the door. I painted 
the house myself, and laid the cement side-walk. 
We mortgaged the house and lot for nine hundred 
dollars, which paid all expenses, trusting to the Good 
Lord for the repayment of the same. Friends fur- 
nished many plants I set out myself, and you see 
flowers all round. Still, I seem to feel," continued 
Archie after a pause, "that this will not be our per- 



74 The Submissive Life 

manent abode, but rather a step toward acquiring 
one later. My life, I am most certain, will be the 
life of a wanderer, to go w T hithersoever Jehovah may 
direct." 

Archie, feeling the Holy Presence overshadowing 
him, brought his chair close to mine and we joined 
hands. 

Given at Archie s Home at Berkeley, California, 
February 7, 1911, noontime. 

Invocation by the Elder Brother, thanking Jehovah 
and the Redeemer for the ample protection and 
guidance, afforded him during his recent travels 
East, and his long absence. 

Archie followed with this prayer : 

"Our most Revered Master, we ask to have a 
power bestowed upon us of doing Thy will and listen- 
ing to Thy Holy dictation. Open our hearts to re- 
ceive them properly, and disperse forces that in any 
way may bind our hearts and minds to the material. 
Enter us with Thy Holy Spirit, and make us Thine 
now and forever. Amen." 

The Message 

"Greeting to you, our most willing servants. 

"We rejoice with you that we have, once more, 
brought you together, that we may all drink from 
that water which cometh down from Heaven, and 
shall satisfy the Eternal thirst. Our most joyful news 



The Submissive Life 75 

unto you is, that we have been pleased with your 
efforts, and especially blessed by your unfaltering 
devotion. 

"The Elder Brother's work in Europe has in- 
deed added many threads to the web of your suc- 
cess. It is the foundation above all which must be 
erected strong, and day by clay, you are leading to 
the heart of evil. All men will soon help to raise 
the veil that now mystifies them, and you can soon 
be transported into the Spiritual realm, where you 
shall see and know all as living children of God! 
You have indeed proven worthy, and the stepping 
stones are laid. 

"Each day will bring to you both greater cause to 
bless the time when you came into each other's lives, 
and entered God's Throne with us, for we will anoint 
the eyes of the 'two blind sheep' with that which shall 
open them to behold their pasture ; see that you water 
it well. 

"Remain quiet, and as free from business as pos- 
sible, in San Francisco for a time, and then we will 
send you away. We do not speak in detail of this, 
until the time approaches nearer. In the meantime, 
we can easily provide and straighten such things as 
now preplex you. It shall open as a bud when kissed 
by the sun. 

"How great and glorious, yet naturally, the reign 
of your work is approaching! All is at peace, and 
you have no cause to fear anything; just meet to- 



76 The Submissive Life 

gether from time to time, that you may become in- 
bued with Our Holy Presence, for we are the Power 
behind the Throne, you, the Instruments. 

"All is well; and the room is congregated with 
Holy Spirits, whom should appear as an army, should 
your eyes be opened, and all greet you with the Sav- 
iour's Kiss. May it rest forever upon your brows! 

"I rejoice that I am chosen as transmitter to-day. 

"Selestok." 

!At Archie's House, Berkeley, February 10, 1911. 

Invocation by Archie. 

"Oh, Master ! give us complete submission to Thee, 
and all the courage that is necessary to speak Thy 
Will and do Thy work. Give us strength and wis- 
dom to keep our path clear from all fault. We love 
Thee, Lord, with all our hearts. Amen." 

Message 

"It is well that you have crept beneath His wing, 
where you shall be tendered and cared for with in- 
finite protection. Bear in mind continually, that it 
is perfect submission which gives us power upon 
the earth, and what we may say to you, from time to 
time, is well, but not of the greater value ; it is what 
we do. Por this reason we do not always lay out 
the definite plan for you, knowing that to have defi- 



The Submissive Life 77 

nite things within your mind is to make it more 
difficult for a complete submission. It is well, there- 
fore, that you trust our greater wisdom, which per- 
mits us to act in your behalf. 

"We are anxious now to complete our battery in 
France, which could not be established until a com- 
munication upon this subject was existing between 
you. We can use you now to control them with, and 
use them to control the affairs there. We will soon 
have them performing things, which they will not at 
all know comes from us, but we will be rapidly pre- 
paring the way. So are we using you always, with 
which to get control over the affairs of willing people, 
in the same manner that an operator uses a battery 
with which to convey his message. 

"'Do not permit your minds to worry, in any way, 
over material affairs, for the next two weeks is a sea- 
son, in which we are conducting special spiritual 
matters, and forming spiritual forces. Keep your 
minds therefore upon the spiritual, and know that the 
blesssings are with you. Amen.' 



?> 



February 14, 1911, at Berkeley. 

After joining hands, Archie felt as if the Elder 
Brother should make the invocations, which was done, 
by asking that the Jehovah and the Redeemer might 
inspire the heart of both with that intense love for 
humanity, and for all things in existence, as filled 



78 The Submissive Life 

the heart of the Eedeemer Himself; that both had 
come to meet again, to charge their spirit with the 
spirit of Heaven, and to come closer and closer to 
the heart of Christ, and more fully under his control. 

Then Archie, addressing the Elder Brother, spoke 
thus: 

"I see the head and shoulders of Christ above your 
head, and see him extending His hands above you. 
I see now appearing above you these words, 'It is 
yet a Secret V A white dove takes these words, places 
them in an envelope and carries it away; and in its 
place appears a star! 

"Now I see a garden, and the trees, flowers and 
shrubbery are all covered with snow; it looks as if 
it were bitter cold. At once there seems to spring 
forth a splendid light, and there is beautiful sun- 
shine everywhere ; now it is all gone. * * * But 
here it is again, and now everything is in bloom ; the 
trees, flowers and shrubbery all in perfect bloom. 

"I see now the Elder Brother, leaning out of the 
window of a stately mansion, built in this garden. 
He stretches out his hand, and plucks a beautiful 
branch loaded with flowers. He shakes the branch 
and the petals of the flowers fall to the ground, and 
cover it all over. The Elder Brother now withdraws 
within the mansion. Many people arrive, and pro- 
ceed to gather the white petals in their baskets ; but 
Jhe more people arrive and carry away basketsful of 



The Submissive Life 79 

flowers the more petals seem to multiply, indeed the 
larger the heap of them grows. 

"Now I hear this: 'When you have shaken the 
blossoms, my servant will replenish the earth, but you 
shall come up higher ! There is a place in the breast 
of Christ prepared for you.' 

"We have been using you to-day, causing you to 
speak, knowing that the material which ye have ut- 
tered is necesary in the mind of the Younger Brother, 
and great shall be the things that will come from it, 
and you have accomplished well the object of this 
day's mission. 

"You are especially open to the emanations that 
are being sent to you from above. 

"What we say, is not always an indication of how 
much is being done, especially at such times when We 
work upon the spiritual plane. 

"You shall know a love that will be life undivided ; 
be satisfied; all is Peace, and we rejoice, for there 
are not hindrances. AMEN." 

Before we sat together and joined hands, I had 
been speaking with the Prophet, about the very great 
importance of human thoughts, that they create cells 
in the human brain, and that these cells are real liv- 
ing entities, claiming recognition whenever they are 
called into activity, by either congenial or antagonis- 
tic thoughts, or thought emanations. Hence, brain 
cells of a low order, for instance those formed by ava- 
ricious or licentious or by any other base material or 



80 The Submissive Life 

sensual mental activities, will be awakened to full en- 
joyment and plenitude of life, by thoughts in sympa- 
thy with their own degrading propensities. On the 
other hand, thoughts opposite in their scope, or an- 
tagonistic to the very nature of these low cells, will 
also awaken them, cause them to vibrate, but now in 
self-defense, as they realize that their very existence 
is at stake. 

For example : a disciple, who proceeds earnestly 
upon the upward path, will be confronted at every 
step with temptations, powerful at first, but lessen- 
ing by degrees, as his victory over these temptations 
gradually increase. These temptations, are the result 
of the activities of the lower cells, called to life and 
fighting for their very existence. They are fully 
aware that atrophy or death awaits them if they 
do not prevent the emanations of pure, elevated or 
spiritual thoughts to overpower their very nature of 
low or degrading propensities or urgings. Every 
victory over these urgings or repeated suggestions of 
lower cells curtails their power, atrophies them, and, 
finally, even their redemption is accomplished 
through a slow process of evolution. Then they be- 
come co-workers with the higher and nobler cells 
in the upbuilding of the spirit, for nothing in the 
universe, however low, is lost forever. 

So, then, when temptation assails the neophyte, 
no matter how strong its urgings may be, or how 
often repeated, let him realize, at once and fully, 



The Submissive Life 81 

that these temptations are not a sign of the low 
estate of his spiritual condition, but, on the contrary, 
that they are a token of the seriousness of the steps 
he has taken on the upward path ; and having recog- 
nized this truth, it behooves the neophyte to simply 
say to these low urgings: "uSTo, no, my dear ones, I 
know exactly what you are and what you want, but 
I will not gratify your desires ; you may just return 
to the dark abode you left, for you can no longer 
influence me." 

By thus taking a decided stand against all temp- 
tation the lower cells gradually cease the battle as 
hopeless, and the dear neophyte's soul may now soar 
higher and higher into the realm of the spiritual. 

It is to these talks with the Younger Brother, be- 
fore we joined hands, that the message makes refer- 
ence. 

March 7th and 14th, 1911, at Archie's Home. 

Arcliies Invocation. 

Our dear friend and father Jehovah, we cast our- 
selves before thee in the utmost humility, desiring 
that our steps be led in a pleasing way, and that we 
be moulded in the likeliness and the image of Thy 
ever present and all powerful Love. We desire that 
there be nothing left of us except that which takes 
on Thine own image. Help us to free our minds of 



82 The Submissive Life 

convictions that we may be led to Thee alone. 
AMEN. 



Message. 

"We always rejoice when we may give you a little 
word from our sphere of existence, and we ask you 
to always supplicate our help in the understanding 
of these messages, though they may seem simple, for 
of all the Prophets that have fallen in the past, it 
hath been those that have misinterpreted their com- 
munications. 

"Your friends in France are beginning now to 
experience their doubts, which was foreseen they 
would; but before the kernel of the wheat can be 
separated it must be shaken with the straw. There- 
fore, for a time, do not pursue them with this, ex- 
cept as they question, and we will inform you when 
to begin again. 

"Let us speak first of the book you shall write — 
The Submissive Life- — since it is to be one of the 
most important keynotes to the whole situation. You 
need have no fear, but what you have evolved to the 
place where we may record through you, just such 
things as we ask to send forth. The conceptions 
which you have are proper ones, and we know that 
you shall record and elaborate upon all the principles 
which we have given to you both; added to this we 
will give you many prophecies of what the future 



The Submissive Life 83 

is to be, and how it shall come about, and for what 
reason Jehovah will act; but these we will not give 
except as you write them. You will also receive 
sufficient energy, strength and help, with which to 
do your work conveniently, and with a degree of 
pleasure such as you have known in youth. There- 
fore, do your best, and without worry, knowing the 
reward of your efforts is the merit of Jehovah's 
Providence. We will prevail over all things, even 
over the Earth. Go forth cheerfully, therefore, and 
rest in the arms of Faith, which will not forsake 
you. 

"We are all at the point of great moves, marvellous 
changes and important undertakings ; therefore walk 
with caution, and we shall be the steps to your feet, 
for Jehovah has promised. AMEN!" 



CHAPTER VIII 



MORE REVELATIONS 



March 21st, 1911, at Archie's House. 

Fervent invocation by Archie, and by the Elder 
Brother, after which was given the following mes- 
sage: 

"Our dear Brother, Jehovah, is a kind father who 
assumes your responsibilities, as well as the care 
of your own person. Therefore, we can say to one 
who is willing to serve Him, 'Be of good cheer,' and 
we rejoice exceedingly, because we know that your 
Faith has not faltered, and that it shall remain 
steadfast. 

"These are spirits of lower circles yet who are 
exceedingly wise, and who surpass in their wisdom 
any man who lives in the flesh, whose work it is 
to take part in the material affairs of God's ser- 
vants, and through them the higher Angels' work 
with the more gross materials of the earth, and they 
will help you. The greatest strength and effort upon 
this side of life will be exercised in aiding you to 
this end, and we will go as far as we can without 

84 



The Submissive Life 85 

robbing those concerned of their free agency, which 
God forbids. 

"However, we do not worry unnecessarily, for if 
God be with you, who can be against you, and we are 
ever at your side to make your burdens lighter, and 
guide your feet from the pebbles. 

"We rejoice in all that is occurring, knowing that 
it will lead to your freedom. 

"With these things you may rest assured, know- 
ing that all power to execute is not with you, but 
with us, and do not feel discouraged at such times, 
as your end may not seem so large as you have ex- 
pected, for it will be even larger at the right time. 
AMEN." 

"Selestor." 

Worn out, and very nervous through enforced 
business arrangements overtaxing my strength, we 
decided, my wife and myself, to go to Long Beach 
for a rest. The sunshiny climate there had always 
given strength, calm and peace to overstrung nerves. 

Before starting on the journey I went, of course, 
to say good-by to Archie, with the fond hope of re- 
ceiving a few words from the Holy Ones. After 
some desultory conversation about spiritual and 
earthly matters and the Prophet also discoursing at 
some length on the ever-adverse material circum- 
stances that continued to harass him and his dear 
mother, we joined hands. 



S6 The Submissive Life 

March 28th, 1911. 

Invocation by Archie. 

"Our dear Father, now that for a time we are 
to suffer the absence of each other, wilt Thou, in Thy 
gracious spirit, give us additional courage and re- 
newed comfort from Thy holy angel servants, cause 
that we be led continuously in the path of righteous 
ness and patient endurance, and let us walk in wis 
dom and do the work ordained for our hands to do. 
Wilt Thou, O beloved Father, bring us closer to 
Thee, nearer to each other, and better adapted to 
supply the needs of humanity. Let us be absorbed 
in Thy spirit, so that it may be revealed to us the 
steps and inspiration which is Thy Holy Will to 
transmit. Bind us, O God, by the link of Infinity, 
that we may work toward the Eternal in all our un- 
dertakings. We are weak, but Thou art able ; guide 
us by Thy powerful hand, in the name of Christ 
and the Holy Ones. Amen ! 



v> 



Message 

"We have only a brief message for our children 
this morning, and let it be one of comfort, cheer, 
and to strengthen you as only our presence can com- 
fort they who are walking in pain through the 
shadows of death. 

"In this hour of Holy Tribulation we can make 



The Submissive Life 87 

you no promises, but have already begun to lead you 
until the fulfillment of the promises previously 
made, which, in the evening of your lives, shall be 
found sufficient unto human needs. 

"We also shall be judged as thou art judged by 
the human misery of mankind. Therefore, we as 
you, suffer in tribulation, will find no peace, no place 
to rest, until our promises and undertakings are 
complete. 

"The tribulations through which you are now 
passing is but a symbol of the tribulation in Heaven, 
as the Souls who have departed from the flesh cry 
to behold the results of their sins upon the earth. 
Therefore, remember the Prophets and the Angels 
use the same troubles as their pillow. 

"All is exceedingly well to the open eye, for the 
end of this epoch in your lives is so near at hand, the 
first steps into the great new one so soon to be taken. 

"God chastises by the rod, and out of stones makes 
children, and out of strife peace ; and uses your sad 
experiences as the weapons of war; therefore, out 
of your many weapons shall ye fight bravely and 
victoriously to the end. 

"Ye both are held in the yice of Infinity, from 
which you cannot escape. 

"Now to the Elder Brother: 

"We are pleased that your son has given himself 
to Christian Science, because it is the stepping stone 
to a greater height. Concerning your nervous con- 



88 The Submissive Life 

dition, we will state that we have admission to your 
body and soul, and can, therefore, do all within the 
limits of the Law to aid you without the help of 
other mediators ; but as God has permitted His son to 
suffer, that He may exercise greater power and glory 
in the end, so may it always be with you. 'All is for 
a purpose/ 

"We bid you take your trip rejoicing, and when 
you have departed from the depressing influences, 
from strife and the strain that now surrounds you, 
you will experience a renewed spirit You need not 
worry about what you should do, nor about the turn 
which things have taken, for we shall guide the way. 
Simply trust and obey. 

"The younger Brother shall do some effective work 
in your absence, and when you have both reached 
a point we have in mind, then in the stormy fury 
of a climax you will finish your work together. The 
flower blooms easily when once the plant is rooted. 

"The Holy Ones shall ever fill your chamber, be 
your stars and your light, and the sun of your 
career, which they rejoice to hold in the palm of 
their hands. 

"With Jehovah's mighty Blessings. AMEN." 

During my sojourn at Long Beach I kept up, with 
letters at great intervals, a correspondence with 
Archie. His mother was ill most of the time, and the 
dear boy had been kept on the grindstone attending 



The Submissive Life SO 

most devotedly to his mother's needs, and at in- 
tervals trying to keep the 'pot boiling' by doing some 
painting, etc. 

Under date of August 6th, 1911, he wrote the fol- 
lowing very interesting letter: 

"My dear, dear Friend — 

"Your letter came to me some time ago, and I 
feel that you have about despaired to ever receive an 
answer. 

"I have, several times lately, wondered whether 
you have felt the strange things that I went through 
since I heard from you last. 

"About two weeks ago I passed into a strange 
spiritual condition, which was like a semi-trance. 
Just here, I feel strongly impressed that I should 
relate fully, and make plain, the preliminary, or 
rather the preparatory, phases that preceded my being 
ushered into the Superior World. It is the command 
of Jehovah that I should do so, such description being 
necessary in order that Instruments, in different 
parts of the world, may not become confused or 
frightened, when the spirit shall begin in a like 
manner to work upon them. 

"The first strange thing I noticed was a condition 
of nervousness that crept over me for several days. 
I could not attribute, at all, this nervousness to any 
kind of incipient sickness, as I was then, and had 
been for some time, in an excellent state of health. 



90 The Submissive Life 

"After a while I commenced to drop things occa- 
sionally, objects like plates and glasses falling from 
my hands. This period of, so to say, clumsiness, 
was soon followed by a disturbed state of mind. My 
thoughts became confused and incoherent. People 
would speak to me. I heard their voices vaguely, but 
often did not answer. 

"This state of abstraction was followed by several 
days of dizziness, a real clouding of my mind. I 
walked and performed my duties toward my sick 
mother like an automaton, almost oblivious of my 
surroundings. 

"Then came a spell of sleepiness. I could hardly 
arouse myself for days, to perform my daily tasks. 
At last, I lost the battle; overcome, I went to my 
couch, lay down, soon as it were, to enter a pro- 
found sleep. 

"Suddenly, however, some external forces seemed 
to take hold of my inner consciousness, acting like an 
anaesthetic, and all exterior objects became obliter- 
ated. 

"After a short moment of darkness my interior 
vision opened, and there appeared a Great White 
Light. It had the circular form of a wheel, and re- 
volved rapidly; and as this rotation proceeded, the 
circle became gradually smaller. 

"I remember plainly," the letter continues, "that 
during the process of revolution of this circle of fire, 
and while it was ever diminishing in size, I fought 



The Submissive Life 91 

bravely to rid myself of this paralyzing influence, 
for a flash of possible insanity dashed through my 
fast disappearing mind. The fight, however, seemed 
useless, for finally this revolving disk of light be- 
came as a mere speck, and then suddenly it went 
out. And with its disappearance my consciousness 
also vanished completely, and I was left as in a deep 
swoon. 

"When my consciousness returned, I found my- 
self surrounded by strange, or rather foreign, con- 
ditions. My memory of all previous existence 
seemed to have been obliterated, as much so as our 
daily life is forgotten when fast asleep and dream- 
ing. 

"I found myself in the presence of guides clothed 
in splendor, whom I seemed to have always known. 
With these guides my travels in this new world began. 
They vouchsafed no information whatever, and all 
the knowledge I gained was from observing, seeing 
and hearing for myself, and, strangely enough, I felt 
no inclination to ask questions, as the field for ob- 
servation, now laying open before me, was so in- 
tensely interesting, and my anxiety for obtaining 
knowledge of the doing in that wonderful world was 
so keen, that it left no room for questions. 

"I would give a world, my dear friend, if only I 
could relate to you what I have seen and learned in 
this marvellous state, though, since my natural self 
has been asserting itself again, much of the great 



92 The Submissive Life 

wonders I have witnessed are passing from me ; my 
little intellect seems unable to retain them. Surely 
it is a preparation for great things to come, and if 
only I could often behold the wonders and war kings 
of God, as I have been beholding in the last two 
weeks, there would be no hardships under heaven that 
could discourage me, even for a moment. 

"I surely have beheld a panorama of the future, 
and have seen how it is that the Angels are able to 
predict the coming of future events. 

"I have been walking over great mountains with 
you, some of them so high that when we had mounted 
them we could look over the whole vast subject of 
human life. We could see its purpose and its out- 
come. The strangest thing of all was that we laughed 
most heartily, and were happiest over our earthly 
tribulations. Oh! the joy it was to pass through 
them while the Lord of Hosts kept ever ahead, just 
far enough so that we could not touch him, but were 
led by His beckoning steps, and cheered by His smiles. 
[When we were tired, and would falter, He would 
smile, and we were rested and healed on the in- 
stant. 

"Then we plunged on, and on, and on, crying in 
loud voices with such great joy that our breasts could 
not contain it. 

"So it went on. We were led through valleys of 
ideath and through Hell ! O ! what people I saw in 
that dark dismal region ; kings, financiers, high eccle- 






The Submissive Life 93 

siastics, supreme judgs, men illustrious in history; 
all on a moral, or rather profound immoral level, and 
forced to mingle with criminals and with disgusting 
women fallen to the lowest bottom of degradation. 

"The saddest thing, to me, was to see there men 
who had been known while on earth as possessed of 
large intellects ; intellects, it is true, they had prosti- 
tuted in compelling them to serve their utter egotis- 
tical, heartless, and too often beastly pursuits. This 
intellect, which they had still preserved, caused them 
to realize in agonizing sobs their utter wretchedness, 
the very depth of their debasement, for they could 
now contemplate with intense horror the widespread 
human suffering their heartless activities on earth 
had created. On the other hand, this very intellect 
aided them after untold years of suffering, and by 
slow degrees, to the conviction that their only chance 
of escape out of this abode of despair was to listen 
to the urging, very faint indeed, of their deeply 
buried conscience, whose flickering embers were still 
feebly alive — for the soul never dies. Through the 
heeding of these urgings a dim Light would appear 
on the far distant horizon, slowly, gradually bright- 
ening — the loving eye of the Guardian Angel ! 

"But enough of this, dear friend. The remem- 
brance of these sad scenes causes me to shudder. I 
may, however, say more about this when I see you 
again. 

"So we went on crossing rivers and valleys, led 



9'4 The Submissive Life 

by the Christ, until we reached the end, and a voice 
spake, saying: 'This is the sphere of your present 
abode, the sphere your spirit has reached through 
your own good lives on earth; and this we may not 
lead you in for the present. Now your journey is at 
an end, you have finished; come unto Me.' 

"My wonderful travels in that new life had closed 
and I came out of my two weeks' trance. I can no 
more write about it; I must tell it, and even then I 
will not be able to do it justice. Your friend for- 
ever, Archie." 



CHAPTER IX 

JUDGING THE PROPHET ? S REVELATIONS 

Long Beach, California, September 1st, 1911. 

Having now sojourned several months in this love- 
ly climate among the most peaceful people on earth, 
under the soothing influence of the waters of the great 
Pacific Ocean, I felt in very good health; nerves 
stilled, brain clear and enjoying a bodily and mental 
energy I had not experienced for many years. 

Long Beach is the city of choice for the holding 
of many religious congresses. 

My attention was attracted one day to the an- 
nouncement of a "World's Spiritual Congress/' 
where Christians, Theosophists, Indian Swami, Jew- 
ish Babbi, various sects of Spiritualism, several 
prominent Socialists, New Thought advocates, and 
also learned apostles of the Persian prophet, Baha' 
O'Llah, were to speak upon the merits of their own 
special "credos" and beliefs. 

A number of lectures delivered in this congress I 
attended, and in some of them discovered much 
merit, real progressive thought; many utterances 
were indeed in harmony, as much as I could remem- 

95 



96 The Submissive Life 

ber, with Eevelations given through the young Proph- 
et, Archie J. Inger. 

This "World's Spiritual Congress" awoke in me a 
desire to read over again the Eevelations given by 
Archie, and, being now in excellent, normal health 
and strength, I concluded to commence the task at 
once. 

Leaving aside any consideration of a personal con- 
nection, these Eevelations seemed to endeavor to 
establish between myself and the Mission of the Pro- 
phet ; the sole aim I now set before me was to analyze 
these Eevelations under their various aspects — social, 
religious, philosophical — and so far as possible to 
ascertain their import to man's material and spiritual 
welfare. This analysis, I concluded to make in a 
careful manner, unbiased, honestly, and in a common 
sense, matter of fact way. I hoped to establish, to 
my own satisfaction, at least, whether the Eevelations 
given in my presence and written down by me under 
direct dictation, would in any way justify, attribut- 
ing this dictation to the Son of God, sometimes given 
directly by Him, sometimes by His angels through 
Archie J. Inger as His or their Spiritual amanuen- 
sis. 

While perusing those Eevelations, I noted down 
and studied carefully the principal points and teach- 
ings they wished to convey to the people. 

The predominant idea in these Eevelations seemed 
to be that "men have separated themselves from God 



The Submissive Life 97 

in as much as they have power to do," and that this 
process of separation is going on at a dizzy ratio in 
our present everyday life. The cause of this drifting 
away from God is set forth as being man's self-will, 
his utter selfishness of life; the concentration of all 
his efforts to the gratification of his animal life. 
This gratification, the Revelations assert, has grown 
to extreme proportions. All the realms of nature — 
mineral, vegetable, animal and human — are con- 
stantly being ransacked, or over-cultivated and en- 
slaved everywhere for the upbuilding of dazzling 
luxuries to serve the lower self of man. Industry, 
commerce, the sciences and arts, those noble ser- 
vants of humanity, are all made subservient to the 
sumptuous extravagances; yea, offered in holocaust 
to the personal indulgences of the selfish man. His 
greed has no limit, as fortunes are needed to satisfy 
his monstrous, sensual abnormalities. 

The Revelations admonish, "Thou shalt not take 
away the inheritance of man." These egotistic, 
greedy men, however, take away the inheritance of 
man, of their brother man, to cater evermore to their 
own luxurious lives. Hence, the suffering of the 
disinherited, and they are legions all the world over, 
and this suffering is often intense and as hopeless as 
it is unjust and undeserved. 

These disinherited, hopeless sufferers are children 
of God. God loves them with all His other children 
alike. He suffers from their sufferings as a good 



198 The Submissive Life 

father suffers, seeing some of his children unhappy, 
poor, through being despoiled of their rightful in- 
heritance, perhaps by some older, and stronger, and 
more unprincipled of his own children. 

This social condition of suffering through un- 
merited poverty, through being robbed of their na- 
tural right, has arrived at the point where God and 
Christ see no hope in the future for its amelioration, 
or the restoration to His disinherited children of 
their rightful domain. Man will not do it. Hence 
the great suffering which grieves God's and Christ's 
heart. 

The Christ, "the highest evolved soul of this crea- 
tion/' is nearest to Jehovah, or God, and stands at 
the right hand of the Almighty Throne! In His 
great heart, all human sufferings, coming from earth, 
are primarily felt, and there do they concentrate 
first. He is the Great Sufferer, and His agony has 
become intolerable. Hence, realizing in its very ful- 
ness the vast amount of misery the people, His 
brethren, are subjected to, the hopelessness of their 
efforts to extricate themselves from poverty, the 
powerlessness and inefficiency of the means offered to 
remedy their condition, namely: charitable societies, 
endless church organizations, voluble social harangues 
as to their civic privileges and political rights, count- 
less unobserved and effete laws, etc., etc. The Christ, 
under the command of Jehovah, has determined to 
put an end to this utterly unjust, deplorable and 



The Submissive Life 99 

most heartrending social, or rather unsocial, con- 
ditions, under which the great majority of the chil- 
dren of earth are actually laboring. For the Reve- 
lations affirm that God desires His Earth to be a 
happy Earth and a prosperous Earth. 

To arrive successfully at inaugurating a new 
order of things, where justice will reign supreme, 
and brotherly feeling fill every man's breast; where 
moral law, the Eternal Law of God, will be steadily 
practiced, a new Empire, as the Revelations call it, 
will be established upon the earth. In that Empire, 
man will have no self-will, no other aim than to obey 
the will of God in all the activities of his daily life ; 
a life so pure, so full of love for all things in exist- 
ence, that the wishes of the Eternal Eather will 
appear so plain, so apprehensible to him that mis- 
understanding Him would seem well nigh impos- 
sible. 

This obedience, however, to the Infinite shall be 
spontaneously, voluntarily; yea, cheerfully, granted, 
for the Revelations plainly states that the free agency 
of man will never be interfered with. 

"To us no man is in bondage. We destroy no 
man's individuality, use no man as a tool; but help 
each man to be a perfect tool and a perfect Master. 
TVe put the Light before him and let him take it in, 
and then he acts as it is within himself." 

This is certainly a magnificent principle. The 
Holy Ones simply urge man, impress what is right 



100 The Submissive Life 

for him to do upon his inner consciousness, but leaves 
him free to choose and act as he himself may de- 
cide. 

How and in what manner is this New Empire, 
where men shall live in accordance with God's law, 
to be brought to pass ? 

Before this New Empire can be established, it 
would appear from the Spirit running through the 
various Bevelations received by the young Prophet, 
that all the "nations of the Earth stand at the gate 
of judgment and that they are found wanting." 
Great calamities, they state, hang over the civilized 
world, and all things will be overturned. 

In a special Revelation, given the 15th day of 
September, it is stated : 

"It behooves Jehovah's Angels, who are given 
power over the Earth, to destroy it and to rebuild it 
according to the Law, to judge clearly the moment 
when no power on Earth shall be of sufficient force 
to intercept their plans. 

"Know ye, therefore, that Jehovah speaks to His 
Angels of wars, of rumor of wars, which are to take 
place upon the Earth. He speaks of a time when 
all things shall be changed, and man shall walk in 
the full glory of his Creator. And He speaks also 
of the end of all things. 'But when shall these things 
be V cry the angels ; and men say : 'When shall these 
things be?' Behold! Jehovah speaks of the signs 
by which you shall know their approach, but farther 



The Submissive Life 101 

than these signs He does not speak nor confide to Hi I 
children, but leaves them to trust and obey. Behold ! 
This is the sign unto you of destruction. 

"The world shall become prosperous in material 
things, and selfishness shall be gratified and un- 
molested, and the poor and the rich shall together 
thank God for their prosperity. But woe unto them, 
for this is the sign of the end, and the sign begins 
now. Therefore know ye its meaning, and that its 
existence is short, and that war is at hand, though, 
in material war my servants shall take no part. And 
the Angels ask: 'Where shall Jehovah work?' and 
Jehovah answers: 'Not in the Church, nor is He in 
the religious homage paid by man.' 

"It is He who brings unrest, and turns the poor 
in enmity to the rich, and it is His spirits urging 
them to rebel. And the rich will grant the world 
prosperity, and give unto the world plenty, that they 
may quell this unrest ; therefore shall ye know pros- 
perity. But because Jehovah's spirits prompt this 
unrest, it shall grow in magnitude, and war shall 
not be between nation and nation, but shall be be- 
tween the classes of every nation, and the rich shall 
flee to a nation by themselves, and the poor by them- 
selves, and then shall the end come. And Jehovah 
shall stop war by rendering it ghastly, and by giving 
unto the power of men invention such as will make 
the implements of war sufficient to exterminate man- 



102 The Submissive Life 

kind. And thus will they cease their strife and join 
hands. 

"While the world thus goes on the spirits will re- 
veal themselves unto the servants, and communica- 
tion will become as common with man as is the re- 
ceiving of messages by telephone, and then will 
Jehovah reign, and elect from men a King, and this 
King shall be him whom Christ shall choose. Still 
the Angels ask of Jehovah, but when He does not 
answer they are satisfied. 

"Now we say unto you, our children, that as 
Jehovah is promising to bless you, he is promising 
to bless all of the unfortunate, though they do not 
hear his promise. Thus will it be your mission to 
make it known." 

On August 28th, 1910, previous to our joining 
hands to receive the customary Eevelations, we 
talked, Archie and I, over the seriousness and the 
strangeness of these communications. We wondered 
whether all this could be true. After canvassing the 
field pretty thoroughly, and forced, through our logic, 
to accept them as coming from a highly enlightened, 
yea, Divine source, we concluded by admitting that 
"Our questioning in this regard is almost a sin." In 
answer to this the following was given: "Eegard- 
ing the sin you speak of as to the questioning of the 
truth and origin of these Eevelations, know ye this, 
our children: In the whole Universe of Thought 
there is nothing too sacred to be questioned, and that 



The Submissive Life 103 

which cannot withstand the strongest lens of criticism 
is not true. All we will ask is that you keep your 
scales of judgment unbiased." 

So now, dear reader, we fell at ease in submitting 
to the strong lens of reason the appreciation, and im- 
portance, of the last Eevelations concerning the neces- 
sity of the overturning of all old things, and the 
establishment of a New Empire, where social con- 
ditions would be more just and righteous through 
brotherly love. 

It seems useless to rehearse the social state of 
affairs actually existing among us, depriving man of 
his rightful inheritance of the things of earth; it is 
too well known. Is there any hope that the slow 
progress obtaining to-day, to ameliorate these con- 
ditions in a peaceful way, may arrive at a satisfac- 
tory result ; not within our lifetime, we ask, but with- 
in one or two generations to come ? Events do not 
point to the affirmative. 

Furthermore, taking into consideration the general 
unrest of the people in all civilized nations, im- 
patiently chafing under the ever-increasing difficul- 
ties of existence, their slow but constantly growing 
aggressiveness, do these predictions of a general 
overturning of things through these Eevelations seem 
not only probable, but inevitable ? 

Thought, however, is not content to rest there. 
It goes on and on, and asks whether it was neces- 
sary that some supernatural power should come down 



104 The Submissive Life 

from Heaven to inform man of the sad condition 
prevailing on earth, a condition he sees daily nar- 
rated in public print, and gloriously, as they think, 
expatiated upon by the unceasing harangues of social 
reformers? Do we not realize, emphatically, that 
the menace of war in the near future is ever float- 
ing in the air over our heads, and that a terrible 
bloody strife between capital and labor may break 
out at any moment in all countries ? 

Surely we know all of this without any Revela- 
tions from the Angel world, and the seers of all 
countries, since many years, have been predicting 
this overturning of all things. To what end, then, 
have these predictions been given through the young 
Prophet ? 

The main spirit running through all these Revela- 
tions, after having given fair warning to men, and 
revealed the downfall of all nations through war 
and internecine revolution, betoken a most holy en- 
deavor to establish such connections on earth, that 
may enable the powers of Heaven to direct and to 
obtain control of the leading events that will mark 
these stirring periods. This, the Angels aim to ac- 
complish through the influence which they may exert 
upon those men whom they have been able to reach 
through the ministrations of the Prophet. These 
men, having shown a willingness to submit their 
wills to the will of God; in other words, living the 
"Submissive Life," are to be organized into living 



The Submissive Life 105 

bands of servants of Jehovah, or, as it has been 
elucidated before in this book, formed into numerous 
batteries of human elements or cells. Through these 
batteries the Christ, with the aid of His Angels, will 
forward His commands to His servants, thence to the 
mortals in power, influencing these to bring peace 
and justice out of strife and egotism. 

Ancient and modern history relates a number of 
great and bloody revolutions of the people against 
their oppressors, revolutions often unwisely directed 
through passionate leaders, and the outcome of so 
many noble sacrifices has often resulted in social 
conditions as bad or worse than those existing before 
the strife. To avoid a repetition of so many sacri- 
fices becoming of no avail, Heaven has decided to 
influence and control the result of coming wars and 
revolutions as much as divine Law permits. 

To this supreme end, Jehovah's Eevelations have 
been given and will be given yet — it is promised — to 
the young Prophet, to this humble child of poor 
parents, but a child pure as Heaven, a true child of 
God! Did the people not ask in derision of Jesus 
of Nazareth: "Is not this the carpenter's son?" 
Abraham, the founder of the Jewish nation, was he 
not a mere shepherd? And David, the greatest of 
the Kings of Israel, had he not been a mere shepherd 
boy ? And of Lincoln, was it not asked in disdain : 
"Is not this the rail-splitter ?" 

According to the many messages received, guid- 



106 The Submissive Life 

ance for handling these social upheavals, and direct- 
ing them toward Jehovah's end, will be vouchsafed 
unto man through God's Angels and Spirits. 

In our lifelong experience we have often come in 
contact with Spirits, some of them deserving of little 
respect The spirit of Shakespeare, one day, could 
not spell his own name, nor could Lord Bacon write 
English. What of the spirits the Revelations speak 
of that will be sent to direct and work with men? 
What of their reliability, may we ask ? 

In the message given immediately after these ques- 
tions were formulated by Archie and myself, the 
following was dictated: 

"We answer thy questions thus: There is a ter- 
rible abyss between spirits who speak through com- 
mon mediums and answer all lower problems of life 
almost without discrimination, although speaking 
according to their own conscience, and between those 
spirits who never speak except as they repeat Je- 
hovah's voice. 

"All spirits speaking of material things do not yet 
know God. They are as ignorant and faltering as 
man. They still desire admiration and acknowledg- 
ment, and love to entertain, representing themselves 
to be higher personalities than they are, often assum- 
ing names of prominent characters who have lived 
and whom the children of men admire, such as states- 
men, orators, Kings and Magi of the East, while in 
truth.they are none of these dignitaries, but are spirits 



The Submissive Life 107 

of lower ambition, taking up mediums 01 gross ideals 
who attract a congregation of a lower order. You, 
my children, are not in communication with spirits, 
but with Angels who are redeemed, and who never 
speak to gratify you, and who only say those things 
that, some time, will be of value to the world. And 
our enlightenment is not in our w T ords, nor in our 
power in what your minds perceive, but it is in the 
way by which we guide your acts that your lives may 
drift into the channels of the Great Jehovah's al- 
mighty plan. We refine your bodies, we intensify 
your intellect, and we broaden your sight that you 
are like vessels which hold and enjoy all that there 
is above and below, and of which you may conceive. 
You are not confined to those limited things which 
the eye sees, the ear hears and the body feels, and 
the mind may conceive by its experience in these 
things. 

"This, my children, is the 'Submissive Life' we 
bid you enter, that as the child of earth submits to 
grapple with the things of this world and reigns 
over them as his ability permits him, thus you sub- 
mit also to work with all there is, seen and unseen, 
and revealed by God and His Holy Angels." 



CHAPTER X 

THE GOD OF THE REVELATIONS 

The great and final regeneration of humanity, as 
given forth in the Revelations, will be brought to pass 
through Spirits, Angels, the Christ and God, all in 
accordance with Jehovah's great and divine plan. 

These Holy Ones will work through instruments 
on earth, men who have shown willingness to obey 
and act upon God's or Christ's commands. Christ 
we know and love. His Angels we understand as 
being redeemed, hence Christlike Spirits. But God 
and Jehovah, who are they, may we ask in all rever- 
ence? For every human soul seems to have a God 
of its own creation, a greater or lesser God according 
to that soul's individual idea of the All-Goodness, 
All-Love, All-Power ; in fact, a God limited to those 
personally created ideals, be they low or transcen- 
dent! 

In my youth, some eighty years ago, the God we 
were bid to adore was a magnificent being, all covered 
with jewels, sitting in awful majesty upon a golden 
throne, at whose feet we were ordered to prostrate 
ourselves in most abject submission. The priest gave 
us stringent rules and religious duties to follow, an 

108 



The Submissive Life 109 

infringement of which would cause us to be cast 
into the flames of Hell, there to burn eternally and 
without ever being consumed — devils pouring inces- 
sant quantities of oil on the flames — suffering every 
instant unimaginable agonies. 

At that epoch, perhaps, the ignorant classes needed 
to be frightened into doing good or to be kept from 
doing evil things. Later on, more learning appeared 
among the people, bringing earnest apostles to the 
front, denying God as being capable of inflicting 
these cruelties. Their blood shed in* martyrdom, al- 
though it did not extinguish these lurid flames, even 
after centuries, yet reduced them to the size of a 
goodly camp-fire. Around these smoking embers a 
number of now vast disappearing devotees warm yet 
their timid consciences. 

To-day, the belief of a vast majority of people, 
more or less religious, is condensed in this formula: 
"God is the creator of all things. Realize that He is 
All-Goodness, that He is Health, that He is All- 
Happiness; serve Him with devotion and all these 
things will be given unto you. Thus shall you all 
be saved. If you disobey Him, terrible, if not eternal 
punishment, will follow. " This is an easy-going re- 
ligion. 

There exists, however, at present a vast number 
of people in all countries, more or less learned 
people, who entertain a belief in a grander, nobler 
God; a God of love, full of sympathy for His chil- 



110 The Submissive Life 

dren, who heals their sickness, grants their prayers 
for material things as well as for their spiritual en- 
lightenment; a God who loves songs of praise and 
words acknowledging His Omniscience and Omni- 
potence ; and this God really heals His children and 
answers many prayers. 

OAHSPE, that extraordinary book, called by 
some enthusiasts The New Bible, states that JE- 
HOVIH alone is the absolute, limitless, eternal Per- 
fection; perfection never to be attained by man, no 
matter at what ratio, nor through how many aeons 
of ages his spiritual progress may have steadily 
grown. This "Jehovih" is the Omnipotent Master 
Mind, or Spirit, out of whom creation has evolved 
with all the unbounded manifestations of this glor- 
ious universe, suns, stars, galaxies, planets, comets, 
nebulse, and all life existing upon these. 

"Jehovih," in the administration of His vast Uni- 
yercselum, has placed Gods over these suns, stars, 
planets, etc., and to them He has entrusted the di- 
rection of these creations, appointing an individual 
God over each heavenly body. 

According to this so-called sacred book, Oahspe, 
bur earth is ruled by one of those Gods appointed by 
"Jehovih," to direct its destinies under the guidance, 
however, of Himself, of His divine Will — "Jehovih" 
alone is supreme. The Gods, our God, are only 
secondary deities ruling under "Jehovih's" Omnis- 
cient and Omnipotent command. 



The Submissive Life 111 

In the Revelations given through our young Proph- 
et, God anl Jehovah seem to be the same one Al- 
mighty Person, and He appears to possess attributes 
different from the other Gods. He is more active. 
He looks after his children. He is more in sympathy 
with humanity, with its needs, its sufferings. He 
seems to be the All-God, the All-Love, the All- 
Power, and also the All-Practical. He rests not con- 
tent with residing in the skies on a Golden Throne, 
requiring the children of Earth to prostrate in the 
dust before Him. ISTo! Jehovah, or God, of the 
Revelations, emphasizes His desire to see "His Earth 
a happy Earth and a prosperous Earth." He watches 
over His children, and through the influence Christ 
and His Angels may exert upon the "faithful ser- 
vants." He lovingly guides their actions upon Earth, 
if they are willing to receive. He admonishes them 
through calamities and other ills, when they are 
straying from the true path, for He may never di- 
rectly interfere with the free will of His children, 
this being forbidden by the Supreme Law. Thus, if 
they become guilty of some continued and willful 
transgression of the moral law, He may not permit 
Himself to prevent the consequences of this willful 
transgression, to visit upon His children misfor- 
tunes or calamities, for these trials are always warn- 
ings from Heaven that they are drifting away from 
the heart of their loving Father. 



112 The Submissive Life 

Yes ! the God of the Eevelations is indeed a Great 
God! 

May we now be permitted to ask, in all humility, 
what is this "Submissive Life" Jehovah bids man 
to enter ? 

Firstly, let us look briefly at life in general upon 
earth. Undoubtedly all life, rocks, plants and ani- 
mals live the "Submissive Life." They have no 
choice. They are directed in all their actions by the 
influences of nature that surrounds them, and nature 
being itself created by God is directly influenced in 
its activities and evolution by His Supreme Will. 

The mineral world, in its secular sleep, obeys God, 
whose Immanence is reflected in its deep, mysterious 
dreamings. Plants grow, bloom, bear fruit, and 
these different stages of their existence are proceed- 
ing in harmony with God's Laws and plan, as mani- 
fested in the secret urgings of His ever-presence ; 
hence, they fulfill their destiny in happiness, thus 
contributing their quota to make "God's Earth a 
happy Earth," and, moreover, a beautiful earth. 
They live the "Submissive Life." 

The animal has more prerogatives than the plant. 
It moves about as it wills, and where man has not 
enslaved it, it lives in obedience to the promptings 
of the inner Divine influx ; hence, lives the "Submis- 
sive Life." Through its merry gambols when at lib- 
erty, and the joyful songs of the birds, many whose 
plumage reflects the brilliant colors of the prism ; all 



The Submissive Life 113 

these testify that they also play their part well in 
aiding to make "God's Earth a happy Earth." 

And now w T e come to man — to poor man! He 
alone may or may not live the "Submissive Life." 
God made man a free agent, conferred upon him a 
special privilege; liberty of action. To give a field 
to that liberty of action, to enable him to choose 
rightly the road that would lead to happiness, He 
gave man a physical organism crowned by a brain 
developed far above the brain of the animal ; a brain 
able to give sound judgment. This judgment was 
intended to lead man to decide rightly, when, in his 
liberty of choice, he would be confronted by two dif- 
ferent ways, each calling for his decision upon some 
important action in life. These two ways acted upon 
man, each with its own particular influence, demand- 
ing judgment in their favor. The first influence 
came from his conscience, the urging of the Spiritual 
Ions within him, or the Immanence of the Divine 
Principle. The second influence is derived from the 
intellect, and often pleads for the victory of ma- 
terial things. 

When these two dissimilar influences do not point 
to the same conclusion, man being a free agent, he 
must exercise his choice between those contending 
forces; one, the force of conscience, in accordance 
with and leading to the "Submissive Life" ; the other 
the force of the intellect, leading to-day to the ma- 
terial, the selfish life. 



8.14] The Submissive Life 

The brain of man has been endowed by God with 
infinite possibilities of development; hence, the con- 
stant, and strenuous, and egotistical efforts of the 
intellect to rule over man; yea, to dominate or 
obliterate his conscience, and thus establish a ma- 
terial Empire over which it would rule supreme. 

During the relentless efforts of the intellect to 
establish this Empire, where egotistical possessions 
and material enjoyment would have full and un- 
limited sway, man's conscience, or the urging of the 
Spiritual Ions, or God's Immanence in him, have not 
remained inactive; they have equally carried on a 
battle for recognition. 

The intellect of man, being also a creation of the 
Almighty, is naturally the bearer of good, sound and 
rational elements for just and unbiased judgment. 
To the pure in heart the intellect gives unequivocal 
decisions in obedience to the dictates of the moral 
Law of the Spiritual Law; hence, according to the 
promptings of Conscience. 

The strenuous battle of the future lies between 
brain forces, and the silent but potent urgings of the 
forces of the Soul. Upon the victory of either one 
of these forces hangs the fate of humanity upon 
earth. It is, however, revealed, and it is consoling 
that it be so, these two forces, after endless suffering 
through calamities brought upon themselves through 
the self-will and egotistical achievements of deluded 
intellect, will one day realize that both Intellect and 



The Submissive Life 115 

Conscience are twin children of the Almighty Father. 
They will thenceforth unite in the bringing to pass 
of the New Empire predicted by Jehovah. 

Up to the present day, however, the selfish forces 
in man have proven victorious. God's given intellect 
has been prostituted to most egotistical, often de- 
grading, ends. 

Let us consider for one moment in what manner 
this sad state of affairs has been brought to pass? 
What have been the influences, may we ask, that have 
culminated in making a slave of every inhabitant of 
this Earth ; a hard working slave at that ? What do 
the Eevelations indicate? 

The lower and middle classes are slaving without 
respite ; the majority to keep body and soul together, 
the other, or more favored middle class, while they 
have pretty well succeeded in having control over the 
first necessities of life, continually and earnestly 
slave to accumulate a competence for old age. How- 
ever, this slavery is not without its satisfaction — 
exclusively material satisfaction, it is true. 

The higher classes, the rich, are slaving to keep 
their possessions intact, or to ever increase their 
value; they are condemned to be constantly alert 
lest the stock exchange betray them, or thieves of 
every ilk rob them of their wealth. The other part 
of the higher and rich classes are slaves ; yea, worth- 
less slaves to the often ignoble and heartless exac- 
tions of fashionable society, living in luxuries pleas- 



116 The Submissive Life 

ing to the body, it is true, but suicidal to the soul. 
Neither of these classes are conscious of the exist- 
ence of the "Submissive Life/' hence ignorant of its 
Divine calls. 

The animals, that are enslaved by man, are no 
longer free to listen to the silent urgings of their 
nature. In losing their liberty they had to obey the 
voice of the master who ravished them of that lib- 
erty, be that voice gentle or cruel. 

Man being a slave, as we have shown above, has 
also lost his original or nature-given liberty; hence 
may he seldom listen, and more seldom yet conform 
to, the beckoning of the small voice within. He also 
must obey his master: the stern conditions of the 
world around him, and this master is most exacting. 
If man disobeys and feels inclined to listen to the 
voice within, hardships are sure to overwhelm him 
at no distant day. FIGHT, FIGHT, and STILL 
FIGHT is the inexorable command of the world to- 
day to the children of man! 

But how did man become such a slave? What 
were the forces that led him to such conditions ? Did 
he become so through his own free will and accord? 
Was he naturally idiotic or depraved, or was he sur- 
rounded by such circumstances that he had no choice 
but to be a slave ? Let us see. 

The origin of this evil lies in prehistoric times. 
First among the wild tribes of earth, later among 
the less savage communities, was always to be found 



The Submissive Life 117 

what Roosevelt would call a "Bully," a master of 
brute force, who would compel to obedience the en- 
tire tribe, and cause its members to slave for him. 
From this, as a starting point, and through the entire 
era of tribal existence, through the dawn of many 
weird or incipient civilizations, through the untold 
warrior hordes of multiple principalities, led by 
hard-headed, plundering autocrats of the Middle 
'Ages, slavery has always existed in a darker or milder 
form, according to the greater or lesser abject sub- 
mission in which the people consented, or were forced 
to live. 

And thus, passing through these different phases, 
slavery has reached us; slavery of the free man, if 
you will, but slavery out of which he feels unable to 
extricate himself; slavery ever tightening its iron 
bands, equally around the poor, the middle classes, 
and the rich. This condition of slavery, be it dark, 
bright or golden, is antagonistic to the "Submissive 
Life" ; this life being a life of unselfishness, of love, 
of brotherhood, and a Godly life — indeed, the only 
true life. 

Contemplating this sad state of affairs, seeing the 
unhappiness of all His children on Earth, realizing 
the powerlessness of these children to ever regain 
their liberty, as nature has intended they should en- 
joy, liberty essential to their being able to lead the 
"Submissive Life," the life He had intended they; 
should live, "the happy and prosperous life," Je- 



118 The Submissive Life 

hovah has seen the necessity of a complete change 
the order of things. Hence, His decision not to in- 
terfere with the calamities now approaching; cala 
mities of such magnitude as will upset completely 
the conditions of all life in the entire civilized world 

And why, may we ask in all reverence, shoulc 
Jehovah bid us enter the "Submissive Life" at this 
epoch, when, according to His own testimony, al 
conditions on earth are entirely opposed to the sue 
cess of such spiritual life? 

Jehovah makes appeal only to those human ele 
ments on earth as may become willing servants in 
His hand. These servants will enable Him and His 
Angels, by their absolute submission and obedience 
to His Will, to work upon and influence humanity 
through them. His way of action has already been 
elucidated in these pages. Jehovah desires to find 
many willing instruments and organize them into 
powerful congregations of obedient batteries. The 
activity of these servants or instruments He will 
direct to become leaders of events ; may these events 
be calamities or spiritual waves of a high potential. 
He will guide them all unto the fulfillment of Je- 
hovah's Mighty Plans! 









CHAPTER XI 



CONCLUSIONS 



The human mind will never stop questioning in 
regard to the ultimate destiny of man. He desires, 
naturally enough, a rational elucidation of these 
questions, especially when they relate to the Spirit- 
ual, ever so mysterious to him. 

This "Submissive Life" we are bid to enter, the 
Revelations of the young Prophet emphatically de- 
clare, is a life of entire willingness to give up our 
own wills to the Will of God ; that a state of mind 
of entire passiveness is necessary, to permit God and 
His Angels to enter the human organism and make 
plain their suggestion or will or command to man. 

This is perhaps a little puzzling to the man of 
intellect. To become a faithful servant of God is it 
then necessary that we give up all our intellectual 
acquisitions, gathered during a lifelong study of all 
things belonging to the most important phases of life ? 
Have we studied in vain the sciences of nature, the 
many so interesting revelations of the telescope, 
carrying our minds unto the unfathomable depths of 
infinite space? Must we forget those dear friends 
we learned to love, scattered through the immensi- 

119 



120 The Submissive Life 

ties of the great Void — suns, stars, nebulse, comets 
forming into new worlds, old worlds running rapidly 
toward death, stellar galaxies of blinding brilliancy, 
dark stars of mysterious destinies, the myriads of 
worlds in all conditions or states of formation illu- 
minating the Milky Way? And shall we abandon 
our friend Jupiter in his actual, stupendous tragedy 
as he writhes in the agonizing birth-throes of hi: 
first continent? 

Shall we lay aside our dear microscope, our s 
devoted friend, leading us daily into the world of the 
Infinitesimal, showing us in its infinitude, as well as 
the telescope, our other giant friend, shows us in 
the unbounded magnitude of eternal space, a pleni- 
tude of, as yet, mysterious organisms, all of them, 
however, proving through their life activities inces- 
santly evolving in complete harmony with some 
awful transcendent law, the existence, somewhere, 
of a Law Maker of unimaginable power, perfection, 
and tenderness? 

NO! NO! A gigantic NO! This great and 
awful Law Maker, with the tender and loving heart, 
causing all creations to live and develop in harmony, 
have given the intellect to His human children to 
help them not only to find the Way unto Him 
through the study of His creations in His beautiful 
universe, but also to enable them to beget devices 
and means intended to help them, making their lives 
happy through the lessening of compulsory and irk- 



The Submissive Life 121 

some toil. Thus may they become contributors, co- 
workers with God's plans to make His "Earth a 
happy Earth and a prosperous Earth." 

In a message of September 18th, 1911, it was re- 
vealed through the young Prophet: 

"We are not satisfied that you should remain con- 
tent with either the invention that is or that can be 
possible as man now stands. It is because man has 
already reached his highest standard in these things 
that we ask him that he give up and deal gently with 
his brethren. Jehovah may then inspire him with 
even greater things. But Jehovah refuses to grant 
this to the children of men while they yet remain 
selfish. 

"He repeats that He wishes 'His Earth to be a 
happy Earth and a prosperous Earth/ and to pos- 
sess such material devices as will glorify God Al- 
mighty! He is not satisfied with the selfish stand- 
point you have assumed. He prefers rather to create 
a new future, a new Heaven and a new Earth." 

It is made plain to us, that God, or Jehovah, does 
not intend to make obedient slaves of those servants 
willing to lead the "Submissive Life." It appears 
rather as if He were only waiting for the willing ac- 
ceptance of His children to inspire them toward the 
accomplishment of greater intellectual achievements 
through a mental expansion of greater magnitude. 
It is certainly reasonable to suppose that if God 
wishes to bring His children nearer to Him, nearer 



122 The Submissive Life 

to His loving heart, He should encourage them to 
gain ever an enlarging comprehension of His wonder- 
ful works. Thus would they slowly grow to realize 
His divine attributes, His Omniscience, His Omni- 
potence, His Omniperfection, His Omnilove. Fur- 
thermore, when these children of earth shall have 
made their final ascension unto Him and have at- 
tained their complete redemption, then will they 
also become Jehovah's Angel Messengers unto the 
earth, and accomplish their heavenly mission readily 
and in full understanding. 

Moreover, the Kevelations already quoted give j 
promise to those living the "Submissive Life," stat- 
ing: "We refine your bodies, we intensify your in- 
tellect, and we broaden your sight ... so you may i 
enjoy all there is above and 'below . . . and you ; 
work with all there is, seen or unseen . . . Our en- j 
lightenment is not alone in our words . . . but it 
is in the way by which we guide your acts that your 
lives may drift into the channels of the great Je- j 
hovah's Almighty Plans." 

This is surely a note of the most sublime optimism, j 
It is well worthy of most earnest consideration. 

The "Submissive Life," judging from ail that has 
been revealed, and most seriously considered and 
analyzed, seems to be a highly moral, intellectual, \ 
spiritual, eternally progressive life, a life whose 
activities are ever inspired and guided by God andi: 
His beckoning Angels. These Divine entities willp 



The Submissive Life 123 

ever walk side by side with the Servants of God. 
The lives of these faithful servants will henceforth 
be a non-interrupted chant of love, a never-ceasing 
hymn of joyfulness, a perpetual soul-stirring Cooria 
in Excelsis, resounding in thunderous tones of glad- 
ness through all the realms of Heaven and of Earth. 

And now, dear reader, after perusal of the Revela- 
tions given through the young Prophet, you are en- 
abled to draw your own conclusions as to their merit 
and their reasonableness. As for myself, personally, 
I will state my conviction in all frankness. Con- 
sidering the spirit of the Revelations, I find that a 
sound and rational common-sense runs through them 
all. Their philosophy is of the highest humanitarian 
and spiritual standard. The remedy as promised by 
the Higher Powers to bring into their natural chan- 
nel the conditions so unjust, under which all men 
on earth are actually laboring, and to eradicate 
thereby the immense suffering caused by these nat- 
ural conditions, this remedy alone, in our judg- 
ment, can heal the deep social wounds, and that heal- 
ing can only be accomplished by a complete, hard 
and painful cauterization. 

The Servants of God living the "Submissive Life" 
are the only possible instruments through whom the 
Angel World can reach man, and through him alone 
may they apply the final remedy, for spiritual science 
has its inexorable law as well as the science of earth, 
and both must obey their "dictum," for it is re- 



124' The Submissive Life 

vealed: "As it is above so it is below. As it is in 
Heaven so is it on Earth." 

Now, concerning the young Prophet, his personal- 
ity and his gifts, I will say in all truth that instead 
of being obliged to modify my high opinion of him, 
as previously expressed, my appreciation of his 
worthiness, as God's instrument, has been consider- 
ably augmented since I have seen more of him and 
have been in close contact with him during the ten 
consecutive days I have had him with me recently 
&S my personal guest. 

Will the young Prophet never falter? Jehovah 
has declared : "I hold no man in bondage. We des- 
troy no man's individuality ; we use man as a tool." 
In the message of September 14, 1911, it is declared : 
"See ye, then, that only your complete submis- 
sion and obedience is necessary, and any who would 
submit and obey likewise would do as well — and if 
ye should rebel or fail us, others would be found." 
This indicates that all children of earth may become 
Servants of God, if they are willing and worthy. It 
is certainly very consoling, and especially encourag- 
ing, for this principle is in harmony with the eternal 
divine Justice of Heaven. 

In conclusion, may I be permitted to state that 
in all my dealings and interviews with the young 
Prophet, I have never, for one moment, forgotten 
that I am an Engineer ; that in my entire life I have 
exclusively dealt with hard-headed construction ma- 



The Submissive Life 125 

terials, such as stone, iron, steel, etc. These brute 
elements are certainly devoid of any kind of imagin- 
ation or sentimentality. Illusion or "Reverie," how- 
ever poetical or transcendent, will never possess 
magical power sufficient to lift them off their feet. 
In the study of the laws under which the strength 
and usefulness of these unemotional materials can 
and must be applied, I have spent the greater part 
of my life. It may, then, easily be surmised how 
strange the things related in this book appeared to 
me, and how serious at times became the battle 
fought between the intellect and the Prophet's Reve- 
lations. 

However, no matter how strange and incredible 
things to be published in a book like this may appear 
or be, a writer who thinks he has something to say 
worthy of attention should not shrink before any ex- 
pected criticism or ridicule, however uncharitable and 
biting these might possibly be. He should manly 
hold fast to that which in the very depth of his heart 
and soul he thinks is true. 

SO MOTE IT BE! 



On the Heights of 
Himilay 

By A. VAN DER NAILLEN j2tno, Cloth, Illustrated, $1.25 

THE author of this book, who is well known both as an educator and a 
scientist, hag been a resident of this city for over thirty years, and during 
that time has won more than local renown as an investigator and elucidator 
of abstruse scientific problems, and also world-wide recognition as an enthusiastic, 
ardent and conscientious student of those mysterious forces, the manifestation of 
and belief in which are covered by the generic name of "Occultism. ,, i 

Professor Van der Naillen has written several books on this always interesting ' 
subject, each of which has been appreciatively received both in this country and 
in Europe. "On the Heights of Himalay," now in hand, has already reached 
the sixth edition in English, and the demand for foreign translations keeps pace 
with its popularity in America and England. 

This book is written in narrative form, a study of love, renunciation and spiritual 
triumph forming its thread of plot, but its motive is to give the reader tangible 
ideas of Oriental mysticisms, and of the subtle forces of nature and the possibilities 
that are in the power of those who learn rightly to control them and themselves. 
— San Francisco Examiner, 

In the SatnctuBLry 

By A. VAN DER NAILLEN i2mo y Cloth, Illustrated, $1.25 

HE work appeals to seekers after light in theosophic thought. It is 
written in exceptionally expressive English, and the impressions of occult- 
ism are so clearly conveyed as to give the lay reader a tangible idea of 
Oriental mysticism and the subtle forces of nature so difficult to understand 
from ordinary texts on the subject. 



T 



Balthazar the Ma.g\is 

By A. VAN DER NAILLEN i2mo, Cloth, Illustrated, $1.50 

THIS is the third volume of a series from the pen of A Van der Naillen, 
dealing with certain principles not generally understood, but looking toward 
the unifying of the highest religion and the highest science. The other 
volumes preceding this were, respectively, 'On the Heights of Himalay' 
and 'In the Sanctuary.' 
4 'In the latter the life of hero, Marins, was followed to the attainment of a 
degree of knowledge that gave him the highest degree in the Order of the Magi, 
that of Magus. In the present story his work in the uplifting of his fellow 
mortals by teaching them how to obtain the same advancement is described. Be- 
side himself, the two principal characters are a young priest of the Roman Catholic 
church, and a beautiful woman, grown weary of society, both of whom seek him 
to be shown the way to the higher life. The two meet, learn to love each other, 
but are convinced by the Magus that their path of duty lies in the renunciation of 
what seems to be necessary to their happiness. This is the key to the story, the 
latter being really only the form taken to present a philosophy of the higher life. •• 



3477 






Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. 
Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide 
Treatment Date: Dec. 2004 

PreservationTechnologies 

A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 

1 1 1 Thomson Park Drive 
Cranberry Township, PA 16066 
(724)779-2111 



